Palmiers Cookies (Elephant Ears)

Name: Palmiers Cookies (Elephant Ears)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 40 servings
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 lb puff pastry (2 sheets of storebought puff pastry, thawed according to package instructions*); 1/8 tsp fine sea salt; Parchment paper to line the cookie sheet.

Classic Palmiers cookies are a traditional French pastry that is made with buttery puff pastry and granulated sugar--that's it! The sugar caramelizes on the puff pastry for a sweet crunch to the airy cookie, and it takes just 30 minutes!

⏱ 25 min 🔨 Prep 15min 🔥 Cook 10min 📊 Medium 🍽 40 servings ⭐ 4.9 (15) 👁 4

Ingredients

40 servings

1 cup granulated sugar
1 lb puff pastry (2 sheets of storebought puff pastry, thawed according to package instructions*)
1/8 tsp fine sea salt
Parchment paper to line the cookie sheet.

Instructions

Mix - Preheat the oven to 450°F with a rack in the center. Mix sugar and salt together. Pour 1/2 cup of sugar mixture on a clean, flat surface, such as a large wooden cutting board.
Roll - Unfold one Puff pastry sheet onto the sugared surface and spread 1/4 cup sugar over the top. With a rolling pin, roll the pastry sheet to about a 13" square, pressing the sugar into the dough.
Fold 2 opposite sides into the center. Fold again and close like a book (you should have 8 layers total).
Cut the pastry log into just under 1/2" pieces and arrange on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat with the second puff pastry sheet.
Bake for 6-8 minutes* until the bottoms of the cookies are golden brown and caramelized (this can be hard to see, so check at 6 minutes). Flip the cookies over, reshape as needed and return to the oven for another 4 to 5 minutes until golden brown on the other side. Remove from the baking sheet to cool.

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