Food Recipes Shortcut Palmiers Be the first to rate & review! Make this simple, crispy pastry at home with three ingredients and one supermarket shortcut. By Jenna Helwig Jenna Helwig Instagram Jenna is the food director at Real Simple and the author of Bare Minimum Dinners, a cookbook featuring more than 100 low-lift, high-reward recipes. Previously, Jenna was the food director at Health and Parents. She is also the founder and operator of Rosaberry, a boutique personal chef services company, and the author of four other cookbooks, including the bestselling Baby-Led Feeding. Real Simple's Editorial Guidelines Published on April 13, 2022 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Caitlin Bensel Active Time: 10 mins Total Time: 35 mins Yield: 16 cookies Palmiers, sometimes called palm leaves, are flaky, crispy pastries made from puff pastry. When you start with store-bought puff pastry, they really couldn't be easier or faster to make. Though they look fancy, and will always impress the technique is quite simple: you'll roll opposite ends of the puff pastry sheet towards each other to make a swirled heart shape in the center. Slice the log into thin cookies, then brush with egg wash for a golden crackle after baking. To spice things up, sprinkle a little ground cinnamon or cardamom into the sugar. Palmiers are wonderful served with coffee or tea for an afternoon treat. Ingredients 2 ½ tablespoons turbinado sugar, divided 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (from a 17.3-oz. pkg.), thawed 1 large egg white Directions Preheat oven to 400°F. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar onto a large rimmed baking sheet. Unfold puff pastry sheet on sugar. Smooth folds with your fingers and press down to adhere sugar to dough. Sprinkle top of pastry with 1 tablespoon sugar. Tightly roll short sides of pastry inward to meet in the middle. Transfer rolled pastry to a cutting board. Trim and discard ends. Cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Place on rinsed, dried baking sheet lined with parchment paper, gently reshaping palmiers with your fingers as needed. Whisk egg white and 1 teaspoon water in a small bowl. Brush palmiers with egg wash. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 tablespoon sugar. Bake until golden, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Palmiers are best served the day they're made. Rate it Print