Easy Elephant Ears Pastry

Elena Butuc

For this recipe, I made my own quick puff pastry. You can also buy it from the store, but I went for the safer and healthier version, especially since the effort is small.

In case you didn't know, palmiers or elephant ears are the same thing, they are very easy to make and loved by the children. Even our Maria, who is not a big fan of sweets (she doesn't have the standard cravings of a child :), had two in a row.

The recipe is very versatile, you can mix the sugar filling with cocoa, nuts, coconut, cinnamon, poppy seeds, raisins, cranberries and vary the flavors to your and your kids' preferences. I like them simple, with the smell of butter and caramelized sugar, it's a pity I only got to smell them!

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Ingredients

Metric US

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Puff pastry

400 g

bought or homemade, find in step 1 the link for the quick recipe used by me!

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Sugar

6 tbsp

I used brown sugar, you can also add coconut sugar, or another that you like

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Butter

20 g

softened, at room temperature

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Cinnamon powder

1 tsp

or cocoa, chopped walnuts, coconut, poppy seeds, raisins, cranberries etc.

Step by step

Step 1

As I said above, I prefer not to buy the puff pastry from the store but to make it myself according to the quick recipe that I posted not long ago on the site - it's here.

I usually cut the pastry into 2 and, after rolling out, each half is about the size of a store bought puff pastry sheet. Here I used only one half. You can freeze the other one or make double amount of palmiers, they are simply too good :)

Step 2

I pressed the pastry with my hands in the shape of a small rectangle.

Step 3

Then I rolled out into a rectangular 20x30cm sheet about 3-4mm thick.

Of course, don't forget to dust the pastry with flour while working with the rolling pin.

If you have puff pastry from the store, use it as such, there is no need for more stretching.

Step 4

Brush the whole surface with a little softened butter.

Step 5

Sprinkle with sugar in an even layer, about 4-5 tablespoons and, if you want to, any other flavors you like - cinnamon, cocoa, chopped walnuts, coconut, poppy seeds, raisins, cranberries etc.