Yeast Bread Recipe ♯ Puff Pastry Bear Claws

Puff pastry with an almond filling: simple, yet delicious!

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup superfine sugar
• ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 large egg yolks
• ¼ teaspoon almond extract
• 1 cup ground almonds
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed and rolled out into a 16x16-inch square
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 tablespoons sliced almonds, or to taste
• 2 tablespoons superfine sugar, or to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Beat 1/3 cup superfine sugar and butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs yolks and beat well; beat in almond extract. Stir ground almonds and flour into butter mixture until mixture has a thick paste-like consistency.
3. Cut puff pastry into 8 equal pieces. Place 1 tablespoon almond mixture in the lower center of each piece. Fold top of puff pastry down over the filling and press edges together to seal. Make three 1/2-inch cuts equal lengths apart on the bottom edge to make the "claws". Transfer pastries to a baking sheet.
4. Whisk egg and water together in a bowl. Brush each bear claw with egg mixture and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons superfine sugar and sliced almonds.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until puffed and golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories353.6
• carbohydrateContent30.3 g
• cholesterolContent89.7 mg
• fatContent22.3 g
• fiberContent0.6 g
• proteinContent9.7 g
• saturatedFatContent7.4 g
• sodiumContent87.7 mg
• sugarContent11.7 g