Palmiers

Name: Palmiers
Yield: Makes 24 palmiers
Ingredients: 3 cups (15 ounces; 425 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 tablespoons, sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons, salt; 2 teaspoons, lemon juice; 1 cup, ice water; 24 tablespoons (3 sticks), unsalted butter, chilled; 2 tablespoons, all-purpose flour; 1 cup (7 ounces; 198 grams), sugar

7 comments

Desserts or Baked Goods

Holiday

Whether you call them palmiers (à la francaise), elephant ears, butterflies, pig's ears, Prussians, or angel wings, they are all the same: flat heart-shaped sheets of coiled puff pastry coated thickly with a crunchy glaze.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Perfect Cookie

SERVESMakes 24 palmiers

TIME2 hours, plus 8 hours chilling, 20 minutes freezing, and 20 minutes cooling

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Perfect Cookie

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The best of these are crisp and lightly caramelized, tasting of nothing but pure butter, browned wheat, and golden sugar. Forming the cookies isn't hard, but making the puff pastry does take some time: An elastic dough is wrapped tightly ar...

This is a members' feature.