Almond Puff Pastry

Photo: flickr user foooooey

Ingredients

STEP 1:

1/2 cup soft butter

1 cup plain flour

2 tablespoons water

Preparation

Cut butter into flour. Add water and mix well. On ungreased baking sheet pat out to a 12"x6" strip.

STEP 2:

1/2 c. butter

1 c. water

1 tsp. almond extract

1 c. flour

3 eggs

Heat butter and water to a boil. Remove from heat and quickly stir in almond extract and flour. Stir over low heat until mixture forms a ball (approximately 1 minute). Remove from heat. Beat in eggs, all at once. Beat until smooth. Spread evenly over, cover completely, will be thick. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Cool.

STEP 3:

1 1/2 c. powdered sugar

2 tbsp. soft butter

1 tsp. almond extract

1 tbsp. water

Slivered almonds

Mix first 4 ingredients. Frost pastry and sprinkle with almonds. Cut edges off for nice appearance. Cut into 1" squares. Refrigerate before serving. Freezes beautifully.