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Homemade Puff Pastry

Make this 4-ingredient homemade puff pastry to use in sweet or savory recipes. It's easy to make, and better than store-bought!
Prep Time3 hours 30 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time3 hours 50 minutes
Course: Baking
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Puff Pastry
Servings: 8
Author: Emily Richter

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1.5 cups unsalted butter divided
  • 10 tablespoons of ice water

Instructions

  • Place the flour and salt into a large bowl and whisk together. Grate 1 stick of cold butter into the flour. Mix the butter and flour together.
    grated butter in flour.
  • Add 6 tablespoons of ice-cold water into the flour and butter and mix together until a ball is formed. If the dough seems a little dry, add more water 1 tablespoon at a time until a ball is formed. Wrap the ball in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour. While the dough is chilling in the refrigerator allow the 2 additional butter sticks to sit out and come to room temperature.
    ball of dough.
  • Flour the work surface and roll out the dough to 12 inches by 12 inches. Then, spread 1 stick of softened butter on top of the dough.
    butter on dough.
  • Fold in thirds and then in half. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
    folding puff pastry.
  • Repeat steps 4 and 5 one more time.
  • Roll the dough out to roughly 10x16 inches. The dough can be used as one large puff pastry or divided into 2.
  • Preheat the oven to 375℉. Place the puff pastry on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
    Stack of puff pastry.

Notes

  • Freezing instead of refrigerating can be used to speed up the process.
  • This dough can also be used to make a quick croissant. After rolling the dough out at step 7, cut the dough into 10 large triangles. Bake time would stay the same.