Cinnamon palmiers {only 3 ingredients}

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Cinnamon palmiers {only 3 ingredients}

Cinnamon palmier cookies are one of the easiest cookies to make. These puff pastry cookies are crunchy, buttery, and sweet. The cinnamon sugar caramelizes all the way between the layers. So good! And these cookies are simple to make yourself. You only need 3 ingredients

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

cooling time 30

Total Time 1

Course Sweets and Sweet Baking

Cuisine European Cuisine

Servings cookies

Calories 103 kcal

Equipment

A conventional oven is used. When using a convection oven (with air fan) decrease the temperature with 30 °F / 20 °C

Ingredients

▢ ⅔ pound puff pastry roll size 10 x 16 inch, 24 x 40 cm
▢ ½ cup sugar
▢ 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic

Instructions

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 430 degrees Fahrenheit (220 degrees Celsius).
Line a baking plate with baking paper.

Cinnamon palmiers cookies

Mix sugar and cinnamon.
Brush the top of the puff pastry with water.
Sprinkle some cinnamon sugar on your working bench. Press the wet side of the puff pastry into the sugar.
Remove the plastic foil on the back of the puff pastry.
Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top. Roll with a rolling pin lightly over the cinnamon sugar.
Fold the dough and open up again. Mark the middle by pressing the dough a bit with your fingers.
Divide each half into three pieces and fold ⅓ part to the inside (for a visual description look at the photos or video).
Fold both halves again ⅓ time. So the edges meet in the middle.
Take the left half and fold it on top of the right half.
Wrap the dough in foil and let it cool down for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
Cut the dough in ½ inch thick slices (1 cm) and spread them on the baking plate. Leaving 2 inches (5 cm) in between the cookies.
Bake the cookies for 20 minutes in the oven.
Let them cool down for at least 5 minutes.

NOTES

Puff pastry - You need about ⅔ a pound of puff pastry. And the easiest way to prepare these cookies is when you buy the puff pastry on a roll. This roll is 16 x 10 inches (40 x 24 cm). If you can't buy a roll of puff pastry then you can use puff pastry sheets and form a dough of this height and width. Press the seams with your fingers so they'll stick.

2. Alternatives - This recipe is made with cinnamon sugar. But you can also use gingerbread spices, lemon grate, or chopped walnuts. Or just plain sugar.

3. Storage - The dough can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 days when wrapped in plastic foil.

The cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 4 days. If they get soft you can make them crunchy again by baking them for 5 minutes at 285 degrees Fahrenheit (140 degrees Celsius).

Palmiers can't be stored in the refrigerator. But you can freeze them in an airtight container. This way they can be stored for up to one month. To make them crunchy again after defrosting, bake them 5 minutes at 285 degrees Fahrenheit (140 degrees Celsius)

4. Nutrition - The nutrition described here is for one cookie.

Nutrition

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