Almond Puff Recipe
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| Ingredients | |||
| 1/2 | cup | butter, softened | |
| 1 | cup | flour, pastry | |
| 2 | tablespoon | water | |
| 1/2 | cup | butter | |
| 1 | cup | water | |
| 1 | teaspoon | almond extract | |
| 1 | cup | flour, pastry | |
| 3 | each | eggs | |
Directions: | |||
| Chopped nuts Confectioners' sugar Glaze (below) Heat oven to 350. Cut 1/2 cup butter into 1 cup flour. Sprinkle 2 tbsp. water over mixture; mix with fork. Round into ball; divide in half. On ungreased baking sheet, pat each half into a strip, 12 by 3 inches. Strips should be about 3 inches apart. In medium saucepan, heat 1/2 cup butter & 1 cup water to rolling boil. Remove from heat & quickly stir in almond extract & 1 cup flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Beat in eggs, all at one time, until smooth. Divide in half; spread each half evenly over strips, covering completely. Bake about 60 minutes or until topping is crisp & brown. Cool. Frost with Confectioners' sugar Glaze & sprinkle generously with nuts. 10 to 12 servings CONFECTIONERS' sugar GLAZE Mix 1 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, 2 tbsp. butter,(softened), 1 to 1 1/2 tsp. almond extract or 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla & 1 to 2 tbsp. Warm water until smooth. | |||