Palmiers

[Eleanor Rose]

Petits Cœurs ou Palmiers
Joseph Sardin from France [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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A croissant is actually a rich, buttery, crescent-shaped roll that is made of puff pastry that layers yeast dough with butter. Stories of the croissant being made in the shape of the crescent of the Turkish flag, after the defeat of the Turks in the Siege of Vienna in 1683, are a myth. Recipes for crescents don't appear in American recipe books until the early 1900s. The earliest French reference is in 1853.

Palmiers are a variation on croissants that come out looking quite professional, but they're very easy to prepare. Only 2 ingredients!


Ingredients:

1⁄2 cup granulated sugar (artificial sweetener will work too)

1 package frozen puff pastry sheets


Directions:

Defrost pastry sheets according to package directions (about 1/2 hour).

Preheat over to 400°F.

Adjust oven rack to middle position.

Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar over work surface.

Unfold 1 sheet of pastry and place on the sugar.

Roll it to an even thickness.

Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of the sugar.

Starting at the short side of the rectangle, roll the pastry toward the center stopping in the middle.

Repeat with the opposite short side so the rolls meet in the middle.

Trim the ends.

Cut into 1/2" slices and place flat on a baking sheet lined with parchment spacing them 1" apart.

Sprinkle with additional table sugar.

Bake until golden and puffed about 20-23 minutes.

Let cool for 5 minutes and transfer to a wire rack.

Repeat with remaining pastry sheet.


Sources:
Oxford Companion To Food
Real Simple Magazine

 

[donna]

They look very tasty. It is sure one to try.

 

[nitrofd]

Most bakeries call them elephant ears,i have made hundreds of them.easy when your set up to make a lot of them.

 

[donna]

They do look like an elephant's ear.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Per Wikipedia, palmiers are also known as pig's ears, elephant's ears, palm leaves, cœur de France, French hearts, shoe-soles, or glasses. In Mexico, they are called orejas (ears). I probably should have entitled this thread "Edible Shoe-Soles.
That would have likely made folks take a look. The arlette is a cinnamon-flavoured palmier biscuit.

 

[nitrofd]

Per Wikipedia, palmiers are also known as pig's ears, elephant's ears, palm leaves, cœur de France, French hearts, shoe-soles, or glasses. In Mexico, they are called orejas (ears). I probably should have entitled this thread "Edible Shoe-Soles.
That would have likely made folks take a look. The arlette is a cinnamon-flavoured palmier biscuit.

When i read this post,all i could think of was a 5 tear oldvsaying,made you look.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

When i read this post,all i could think of was a 5 tear oldvsaying,made you look.

You get me. You always get me Rhett!

 

[mofederal]

I have never heard of them before, but they do look pretty good. I know I would like to try one. Thanks for posting this @Eleanor Rose.