This is the last Cookie Thursday is a Thing for March. So far this month I’ve done peach cookies, feta and spinach sconelets, mini Dreamies (glorified grilled cheese).
This week I opened my freezer for inspiration and saw two boxes of puff pastry.
No idea when these were purchased. Delightful.
I decided to thaw them out and see if they were salvageable. And they were. For filling the first one I used pesto and shredded mozzarella cheese and rolled each sheet. After refrigerating for 20 minutes to firm up, I cut into 1/2 inch slices and baked.
The puff pastry puffed perfectly.
Also, they were yummy.
The second one also thawed well. I decided to make a mock octopus with jam as the design. You spread out the first sheet of puff pastry and top with jam and layer on the second piece, kind og making a jam sandwich. Then you cut out the shape for the head and eyes. For the tentacles, you cut 8 4-inch strips. These will become the tentacles after they are twisted.
Then I thought how the hell am I going to transport and serve it.
I chopped the head off and turned it into more strips.
Again this raspberry bar baked up wonderfully.
I am thinking about egg substitution materials for April.
Or Easter candy, which we can all agree is the superior holiday candy of the year.
Dispatches from the Evening Shift 