Puff Pastry Christmas Trees
Thaw Time: 40 minutes
Bake Time: 10 minutes
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cool Time: 10 minutes
Makes: 8
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Ingredients
1 package (17.3 ounces) Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry Sheets, thawed
1/3 cup prepared vanilla pudding
OR
lemon curd
1/3 cup honey, warmed
Green decorating sugar
8 raspberries
or
maraschino cherry halves
Directions
Heat the oven to 400°F.
Unfold
1
pastry sheet on lightly floured surface. Cut
4
stars of each size, using
3
star cookie cutters in graduated sizes. Repeat with the remaining pastry sheet. Place the
24
stars on baking sheets.
Bake for 10 minutes or until the pastries are golden brown. Remove them from the baking sheets and cool on a wire rack.
Top
1
large star pastry with
about 1 teaspoon
pudding. Top with
1
medium star pastry, turning the star so the points do not line up. Top with
about 1 teaspoon
pudding and place
1
small star pastry on top, turning it so the points do not line up. Repeat with the remaining star pastries, making
8
"trees". Drizzle the "trees" with honey. Sprinkle with green sugar and top
each
with a raspberry.
TIP
Helper
:
A set of star-shaped cookie cutters
can be ordered from Cooking.com or cut 3 star patterns (2-inch, 2 1/2-inch and 3-inch) from cardboard. Place on the pastry sheet and cut with a knife.
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"These have become part of our Christmas tradition. We even leave two out on Christmas
Eve for Santa. We have changed it over the years. We use snow flake cookie cutters instead of stars, vanilla icing instead of pudding, confectioners sugar, and color sprinkles to look like lights. My eight year old daughter looks forward to making these every year
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"These are great and go very quickly at Christmas. Now I make them every Christmas an
d everybody loves them. I have gotten many compliments on them
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"This recipe was a delight for my family at Christmas time. All my friends enjoyed th
ese Christmas Tree puff pastries. I will always make them from now on
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