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Blueberry-Lemon Puff Pastry Pie Pops
Learn how to arts and crafts these edible pie flowers 
and brand delicious decorations for the upcoming holidays
This post is brought to you lot inward partnership with Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry. All opinions are mine.
Thank you Pepperidge Farm for this opportunity!
When blueberries are inward season, in addition to hence sweetness in addition to flavorful, in addition to when the tree inward my backyard is heavy alongside beautiful lemons, what's meliorate than making blueberry-lemon pies?!?
And because Easter is correct some the corner, in addition to Mother's Day is inward less than a month, let's hold upward creative alongside our dessert!
These pie pops are the perfect edible ornament for your vacation table. And they are a groovy agency to surprise your mom alongside a bouquet of delicious flowers.
These pops country spring, sunshine in addition to "I beloved you lot Mom" :)

I wasn't certain how to telephone squall upward these. Blueberry bloom pops? Puff pastry popular pies? Hmm... Awesomeness on a stick?! 
Because that's merely what these beautiful flower-shaped lilliputian pies are.  
They are elegant in addition to oh-so good, made alongside flaky puff pastry exploding alongside juicy blueberries in addition to fresh lemon on the inside, in addition to a sugary sparkling squash on top. Served upward on cute in addition to fun popular sticks, in addition to hence your fingers won't larn gummy when devouring these mitt pies.  
It actually can't larn much meliorate than this.
For this recipe, I role Pepperidge Farm frozen puff pastry to brand the undertaking super tardily in addition to quick.  No demand to larn your hands dingy spell kneading the dough. And this pastry e'er puffs upward to perfection. Every. Single. Time.
I'm certain you lot volition hold upward giggling alongside please when done alongside these pops. They are that tardily in addition to that good!

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Here are a few things to locomote along inward take away heed when making this recipe.
You demand 2 cookie cutters inward the same shape but slightly dissimilar size. Use the smaller pastry bloom for the bottom of the pie, in addition to the bigger 1 to comprehend the top. No demand to stretch the pastry on laissez passer on to comprehend the blueberries inward the middle. And no squeezing the filling all over the house when doing that! Your flowers volition come upward out merely every bit perfect every bit mine.
Make certain the puff pastry doesn't larn also soft spell working on it. Or the flowers volition lose their shape when you're cutting in addition to moving them to the baking sheet. If that happens merely refrigerate the puff pastry until it hardens a little. You tin e'er re-roll in addition to cutting the flowers again.
Last but non least, brand certain to secure the stick to the bottom bloom alongside a slice of flake dough earlier adding the blueberries. And don't describe on the stick when the pops are correct out of the oven in addition to even in addition to hence hot, or the stick mightiness come upward off.
Ready to effort this?!? Enjoy :)
INGREDIENTS:
YIELD: 12 pie pops
    • 1 bundle of Pepperidge Farm puff pastry (2 sheets, 17.3 oz, 490 gr), thawed
    • 6 oz (170 gr) of fresh blueberries
    • 2 tablespoons (30 gr) of sugar
    • 1 tablespoon (10 gr) of cornstarch
    • 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
    • zest of 1 lemon
    • flour for the counter
    • 2 tablespoons of milk for brushing (or 1 egg)
    • sparkling saccharide for garnish
    • 12 lollipop sticks 

PREPARATION:

    TIME: forty minutes to thaw, twenty minutes to prepare, xv minutes to bake

    Remove the puff pastry from the freezer in addition to allow it thaw at room temperature for virtually forty minutes.
    In a bowl, add together the blueberries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice in addition to lemon zest. Mix in addition to laid aside.
     Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
    Unfold the puff pastry sheets over a lightly floured counter.
    Roll out each canvass into  9x12 inches (22x30 cm) rectangles.
    Using 2 similar sized, bloom shaped cookie cutters, cutting out every bit many flowers every bit you lot can.

    I used  a iii ¼ inch (8.25 cm) in addition to a 2 ¾ inch (7 cm) inward diameter cookie cutter.
    The smaller cookie pastry is for the bottom of the pie, the bigger is for the top.
    I cutting 12 inward each size. You tin re-roll the dough in addition to brand to a greater extent than if you'd like.
    If the pastry is getting also soft in addition to the flowers don't remain inward shape when moving to a baking sheet, house the puff pastry dorsum inward the fridge until it hardens a little.
    Place the SMALL pastry bloom onto a baking canvass covered alongside parchment paper. Brush alongside milk.

    Place the popular sticks onto the pastry, pressing downward gently.

    Use a pocket-size slice of flake pastry to secure the stick.

    Add a spoonful of blueberries inward the middle of the flower.

    Cover alongside the BIGGER pastry flower, making certain to nicely overlap the petals.

    Press downward the edges, in addition to seal using the dorsum of a spoon (or fork).

    Brush the laissez passer on alongside to a greater extent than milk.

    Sprinkle alongside sparkling coarse sugar.

    Repeat the steps for all 12 pops.

    Bake  for xv minutes until golden on top.
    Let them cool downward earlier moving from the baking canvass (or the sticks mightiness come upward off when even in addition to hence hot).
    Enjoy :)






    How To Brand Puff-Pastry Chocolate-Hazelnut Flowers
    See how you lot tin transform few uncomplicated ingredients into a operate of art 
    and brand these beautiful in addition to elegant puff pastry flowers filled amongst creamy chocolate in addition to crushed hazelnuts

    This post service is brought to you lot inwards partnership with Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry. All opinions are mine.
    Thank you Pepperidge Farm for this opportunity!
    With the vacation flavour rapidly creeping upward on you, select you lot started planning your dinner carte du jour yet?! It's never likewise early on to intend out all the delicacies you lot volition convey to the tabular array for your household unit of measurement in addition to friends.
    So, hither is a cute recipe thought for you lot to move on inwards heed when deciding.
    These puff pastry in addition to chocolate flowers are a dandy means to sweeten upward in addition to decorate your table. They volition larn out everyone inwards awe yesteryear how pretty, in addition to delicious they are. And in addition to thus quick to make, cheers to Pepperidge Farm frozen puff pastry. It's super slow to use, in addition to bakes perfectly every unmarried time. 
    So larn ready for all the "oohs" in addition to "aahs". And particularly the "mmms"... those are ever my favorite!


    Today's recipe is everything you lot dearest nearly flaky puff pastry, creamy chocolate in addition to crushed hazelnuts served upward inwards an adorable blossom shape. 
    With alone few ordinary ingredients you lot tin directly whip upward an extraordinary dessert. So inviting that you lot won't endure able to plough it down. Even when you lot consume likewise much turkey in addition to stuffing in addition to experience similar your wearing clothing are getting snug, you lot withal volition endure begging for one. 
    Now, let's speak over how this dessert came to life. I've got 1 give-and-take for you: playdough.  
    I was playing roughly amongst my kids' playdough, inspired yesteryear those chocolate brioche stars that you've in all probability seen all over internet. 
    And TA DHA!
    Here is my ingenious idea. It requires some mildly proficient cutting in addition to some careful twisting. And Pepperdige Farm puff pastry of course... non playdough! 
    I gauge all those hours spent amongst my sister  many years ago creating pretend nutrient amongst colorful dough in conclusion pays off :)
    Before I forget: brand certain to banking corporation jibe out Pepperidge Farm Instagram page today. I'm in addition to thus excited to endure taking over their feed for the day. I'll part this recipe in addition to some fun baking tips. Make certain to follow them here, in addition to demonstrate me all your love. 
    Ingredients: to brand nine flowers

    • 1 canvas of Pepperidge Farm puff pastry (half of a 17.3 oz package), thawed*
    • 1 egg
    • 1 tablespoon  of water
    • 3 tablespoons of chocolate spread
    • 2 tablespoons of chopped hazelnuts
    *Remove the puff pastry from the freezer, in addition to larn out at room temperature for nearly xxx minutes
    Preparation time: xx minutes to gear upward in addition to fifteen minutes to bake

     Directions:
    1. Heat the oven to 400° F (205° C).
    In a pocket-size bowl, whisk the egg amongst 1 tablespoon of water. Set aside.
    2. Unfold 1 puff pastry canvas on a lightly floured surface, in addition to cutting into nine squares, each amongst a side of nearly iii inches (7.5 cm).
    3. Place 1 foursquare of puff pastry on a slice of parchment newspaper (just a petty bigger than the pastry). It's to a greater extent than convenient to operate amongst pocket-size private slice of parchment newspaper when making the flowers. Add 1 teaspoon of chocolate spread inwards the middle of the pastry.

    4. Brush the edges amongst egg wash.
    5. Bring the 4 edges together...

    Then the 4 sides...

     and brand the pastry into a ball.
    6. Flip the ball upside down
     and flatten slightly amongst your fingers.
    7. Cut 8 petals out the pastry, turning each yesteryear 45 degrees - all inwards the same administration - in addition to thus that the chocolate filling is showing.

    8. Brush amongst to a greater extent than egg wash,
    in addition to add together a petty combat of chopped hazelnuts inwards the middle of the flower. Push the hazelnuts downwards inwards the middle of the pastry amongst your finger.
    9. Bake at 400° F (205° C) for nearly 12 to fifteen minutes, until golden on top.
    Enjoy :)





    How To Brand A Gorgeous Rose-Shaped Apple Tree Dessert
    It looks similar a beautiful carmine rose. It tastes only similar apple tree pie
    In collaboration with Pepperidge Farm. Thank you lot for your support!
    I love, Love, LOVE puff pastry. And what's non to honey nearly a crispy together with buttery layer of indulgence that tastes together with thus practiced inwards both sugariness together with savory dishes?!? 
    And I particularly similar it when I don't receive got to pass hours sweating inwards the kitchen to gyre out the perfect dough that unmistakably puffs upward inwards the oven. It's non that easy! Believe me - I've miserably failed before.
    So fifty-fifty though I honey dishes made from scratch (you know I do!), when it comes to puff pastry, I much prefer the easiness of running to the freezer department of my grocery store, together with pick out handgrip of a ready-to-use puff pastry box. This pastry never fails together with bakes perfectly every unmarried time.
    I ever receive got 1 box ... okay, okay, you lot got me. I ever receive got at to the lowest degree TWO boxes of Pepperidge Farm puff pastry inwards my freezer. I estimate I'm 1 of those semi-compulsive fridge/pantry stocker who ever bespeak to receive got nutrient inwards their house. Just inwards case. You never know when a last-minute baking crisis is going to hitting :)
    Frozen puff pastry is a cracking affair to ever have. It's actually versatile together with only perfect for whatsoever meal. From a scrumptious appetizer to a lite principal dish. Form a fun breakfast to a fancy looking dessert. Just similar this!

    Remember my edible roses, made alongside lots of soft together with delicious apple tree slices, a flake of apricot preserve, a dash of cinnamon, all wrapped inwards sugariness together with crispy puff pastry?!?! 
    How tin you lot forget! 
    This recipe was such a success when I commencement posted it final year. And for pretty practiced reasons. It exclusively requires few readily available ingredients. It's quick together with simple. And you lot goal upward alongside a impressively beautiful together with delicately delicious dessert. 

    You don't bespeak to live a pastry chef to whip upward this deliciously tempting rose-shaped apple tree dessert. Ready to receive it out?
    Here is my video recipe:


    And don't forget to cheque out Pepperidge Farm spider web site here for lots to a greater extent than recipe inspirations.
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    Puff Pastry Chocolate Flowers

      Printable Recipe     
    Ingredients: to brand half dozen roses                                              
    • 1 canvas of Pepperidge Farm puff pastry, thawed
    • 2 carmine apples (I used carmine delicious)
    • juice of one-half lemon
    • 1 tablespoon of flour, to sprinkle the counter
    • 3 tablespoons of apricot preserve
    • cinnamon 
    • powdered carbohydrate for decorating (optional)
    Preparation time: about xx minutes to prepare, addition 45 minutes to bake
    Directions:
    1. Thaw the puff pastry at room temperature if you lot haven't done together with thus yet. It should receive got nearly 20-30 minutes.
    2. Prepare a bowl one-half filled alongside H2O together with the lemon juice. Cut the apples inwards half, take the centre together with cutting the apples inwards paper-thin slices, every bit shown inwards my picture. Leave the peel together with thus it volition give the carmine color to your roses. Right away, house the sliced apples inwards the bowl together with thus that they won't alter color.
    3. Microwave the apples inwards the bowl for nearly 3 minutes, to brand them slightly softer together with slow to roll.  If you lot prefer, you lot tin every bit good simmer the apple tree slices alongside the H2O inwards a minor pan (on the stove). The apple tree slices should live cooked only plenty to curvature without breaking. If they break, you lot bespeak to laid upward them a lilliputian more.
    4. Unwrap the puff pastry over a build clean together with lightly floured counter. Using a rolling pivot stretch the dough into a rectangular sort of nearly 12 x ix inch (30 x 22 cm). Cut the dough inwards half dozen strips, each nearly 2 x ix inch (5 x 22 cm).
    5. In a bowl, house 3 tablespoons of apricot save alongside 2 tablespoons of water. Microwave for nearly 1 infinitesimal (or warm upward on the stove) together with thus that the save volition live easier to spread. Spread a sparse layer of save on each strip of dough.
    6. Preheat the oven to 375º F (190 º C). Drain the apples.
    7. Arrange the apple tree slices on the dough, overlapping 1 another, every bit shown inwards my picture. Make certain the top (skin side) of the slices sticks a lilliputian out of the strip. Sprinkle alongside cinnamon
    8. Fold upward the bottom piece of occupation of the dough.
    9. Starting from 1 end, carefully gyre the dough, keeping the apple tree slices inwards place. Seal the border at the end, pressing alongside your finger, together with house inwards a regular muffin cup. No bespeak to grease the muffin mold if it's silicone. Otherwise, brand certain to grease alongside butter together with flour (or spay).

    10. Do the same for all half dozen roses. Bake at 375 º F (190 º C) for nearly 40-45 minutes, until fully cooked.

     NOTES: Make certain the pastry is fully cooked on the within earlier removing the roses from the oven! If later the commencement thirty minutes the apples start to give the sack on top, deed the pan to a lower rack of the oven together with complete baking. You tin every bit good encompass loosely alongside aluminum foil for these final 10-15 minutes, to avoid burning the top.

    Sprinkle alongside pulverization carbohydrate together with enjoy!

    These are best eaten correct later baking, when yet warm together with crisp.
    They tin live stored inwards an air-tight container at room temperature for upward to 2 days. Or inwards the fridge for upward to 3 days. You tin ever warm them upward for a few minutes yesteryear placing inwards the oven earlier serving.