Monday, May 17, 2010

Palmiers/Elephant ears

This is one of the simplest cookies to make.  If you have some puff pastry sheets on hand its easy peasy. This is a French cookie, classic, elegant and to emphasize simple to make.  The other day I was wondering what else I can do to cheer up the little ones.  Weekends, if you have children, you know how all the games, and charging around the house makes them hungry.  Anything you make generally gets tidied out.  Nevertheless,  having a blog to feed parallel to my kids a new recipe is to kill two birds with one stone.  Loved the way this panned out.  It not only serves my general purposes but delightfully crunchy, tasty and pretty to boot cookies make a good snack to serve at tea for your guests too.


Ingredients:

Puff Pastry Sheet- 1
Granulated sugar- 1/3 cup
Cinnamon - 3/4 tsp
Walnut, coarsely ground- 3 Tbsp

Method:

1.Thaw the puff pastry sheet for 30-40 minutes.Preheat the oven at 400 degree F.
2.Mix the sugar and cinnamon and spread a couple of Tbsp,evenly on a flat surface where you could roll the pastry sheet.
3.Place the pastry sheet with the shorter edge facing towards you.
4.Mix the walnut into the sugar cinnamon mixture and pour that on top of the pastry sheet.\
5.Spread the mixture evenly on the pastry sheet.Now roll it till the sugar mixture adhere well on both sides of the sheet.You do not have to roll it bigger, just a few inches more on both sides, evenly, will do.
6.Fold the sides of the square towards the center so that they go halfway to the middle. Fold them again so the two folds meet exactly at the middle of the dough.Leave a 1/4 inch space in the middle.
7.Now fold both the sides , one half on the other half, so that you will get 6 layers.
8.Cut the slices that are between 1/4 and 1/2 inches wide and place them cut side facing upwards on a baking sheet.
9.Bake for about 14-15 minutes or till both the sides turn a light brown.You may change the sides after 13-14 minutes and continue baking the other side too.



Notes:
1.This will yield you about 22 cookies.I recommend that you make this with 2 pastry sheets, this will be over in seconds :-)
2.This is not too cinnamony, since we like it this way.If you wish you could add more cinnamon or do not add any.
3.Also the sugar is just perfect for our taste.You could add little more if you like really sweet cookies.
4.This is so versatile, that you could use your imagination to add or delete anything into the sugar.The basic recipe just calls for sugar and pastry sheet :-)
5. Rolling is not a must, you could leave this step, but then the filling will not stay much.



Contributor: Namitha

72 comments:

  1. Simple, delicious and always look so pretty.

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  2. looks tempting.. my favourite cookies..

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  3. looks so perfect..love with a cup of cogffee....simply melts in mouth..delicious..

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  4. Hey namitha ... this looks perfectly delectable ... btw i just tried your biscuit pudding ... also posted about it .. do check out :D

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  5. Wowww... soooo cute.. looks very tempting.. :)

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  6. Simple and yummy..looks so perfect and adorable.

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  7. Lovely!! delicious and awesome clicks.. makes me drool

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  8. Wow..perfect cookies..We love these..Great looking cuties Nami..

    Love
    Kairali sisters

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  9. WOOOW!! Perfect and lovely palmiers..Wonderful post, Namitha..

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  10. looks so beautiful. perfect to treat kids....classic photos

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  11. looks very delicious.Ciao dall'Italia.

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  12. Lovely presentation and looks yummy, great shape too...

    http://treatntrick.blogspot.com

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  13. Oh Namitha, thats my favourite cookie and we call them butterfly cookies. every time i bring them from home and that too in biiiiiig quantities. would love to make them but pastry sheets are not available here. let me check if i can do them at home otherwise. lovely recipe and thanks again.

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  14. Namitha,

    Palmiers cookies looks really good. Adipoli. With tea they are awesome.

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  15. Looks so yummy cookies..
    I remebered little heart cookies of india.

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  16. Cookies have turned just perfect! They look like the little hearts you get in India.I am sure they must taste yum

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  17. Hey, I make these too...but in a different shape and with rose essence! looks super cute!

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  18. WOW..that looks so much like Britannia Little Hearts cookies...such a cute n delicious creation...thanks for sharing this Namitha.

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  19. as u have already said , it looks elegant..any guest wud fall for it.

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  20. I would have fallen for these crisp delicious palmiers too!

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  21. its my favorite one..looks so delicious.

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  22. Hey wow thats really so simple and yummy too....i will surely try this...

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  23. Lovely cookies.Look super I make these with jam spead inside them.

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  24. Lovely fabulous palmiers. I posted my version on Valentine's day too. Looks awesome dear!

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  25. Scrumptious....I remember little hearts biscuits from india :)

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  26. Yummy O Yummmm. Love the recipe. It looks splendid. Must be very delicious.

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  27. I simply love them, but never tried at home. Thanks for such wonderful recipe. Bookmarked it.

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  28. Awesome click Chech!!!!!! looks adipoli.

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  29. They do look very pretty and must taste really good too :)

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  30. im a bit confused about the rolling bit..but looks beautiful nonetheless

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  31. Don't you love it when it works out like that? You sure know how to make things look pretty!

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  32. Hi Namitha, palmiers look wonderful...nice presentation :)

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  33. GRt idea! Innu thannai try cheythu nokkunnundu

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  34. that sounds like a quickie! I was looking at a from scratch recipe the other day... never thought could make it w/ pastry sheets! Great idea!

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  35. That looks soooooooo perfect And wonderful clicks as always...

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  36. Thanks for posting this awesome recipe with us dear...These reminds me of little hearts from Britania Biscuits. Your's look even better.
    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  37. The name itself sounds new to me. cookies looks so ute and reminds me of "little hearts biscuits".
    So yum

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  38. Fab palmiers! In Cantonese, we call them "butterfly biscuits", haha.

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  39. cute one and as usual beautiful pic!

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  40. lovely pic as usual .. very tempting as always .. Palmiers always reminds me of little heart biscuits we get here ...

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  41. veendum vanakkam chachi,pic kaati kothipichu:)

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  42. wowwwwwwwww........yummy!!!!..cute clicks da

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  43. ooh la la, that is a lovely tea-time snack, gals n the pics - out of this world...

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  44. Beautiful namitha, very nicely done...

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  45. Delicious n yummy snack dear,,well presented with beautiful click.

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  46. I'm sure this will cheer up my kids too, gonna to make some for them. Thanks for sharing.

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  47. Wow,this reminds me of Bahlsen cookies which I normally buy. Bookmarked:):)Thanks for sharing a wonderful and a quickie.

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  48. Lovely pics and cookies look mouth watering.....
    Drop in sometime

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  49. Crispy cookies...Loves the pictures and presentation.

    www.jiboombaa.com

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  50. I am yet to make this all by myself..the palmiers are so perfect just the way it should be.

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  51. Did not know the name of this is ..Elephant Ears. We also have Ear Cookies in Asia but they look different, definitely.

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  52. I've never tried to make these myself but they are one of my favorite cookies to buy! Thanks for the recipe, I'll have to give them a go.

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  53. I used to LOVE those when I was in Europe but never see them anymore - they look perfect!

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  54. Wowww... soooo cute.. looks very tempting.. :)

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  55. Look similar to those heart cookies we get in india.
    wonderful!

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  56. Man look at those pictures, absolutely fantastic.

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  57. Delicious palmiers. Am sure they r irresistable. I make the savory ones with spinach and cheese.

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  58. Simply perfect and mouth watering...

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  59. nostalgia, you have some good recipes here. not sure which of you did each but i'll sure be trying out some.

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