Raspberry Palmiers

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Photo: Sang An
Prep Time:
35 mins
Total Time:
2 hrs 25 mins
Yield:
9 dozen

Made with an easy sour cream dough instead of the traditional puff pastry, these mini elephant ears are filled with raspberry jam and rolled in cinnamon sugar.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting

  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt

  • 3 sticks cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

  • ¾ cup sour cream

  • ½ cup sugar

  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • ¾ cup seedless raspberry jam

Directions

  1. Pulse flour and salt in a food processor until combined. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add sour cream and pulse until mixture holds together when pinched. Knead dough on a work surface to bring together, then flatten into an 8-by-6-inch rectangle. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour and up to overnight.

  2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl, stir together sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle half of mixture evenly on work surface. Let dough stand at room temperature until pliable. Cut in half; place one half of dough on sugared surface. With a floured rolling pin, roll into a 14-inch square. Spread half of jam onto dough, leaving a 1/4-inch border all around. Starting from one side, tightly roll dough toward center, incorporating sugar. Repeat, rolling other side to meet first roll in middle. Freeze 15 minutes.

  3. With a serrated knife, cut dough crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. (Refrigerate dough as needed if it gets too soft to slice.) Arrange slices 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets.

  4. Bake 10 minutes. Carefully flip palmiers with an offset spatula and bake until golden, about 6 minutes more. Let cool on sheets 1 minute, then transfer to a wire rack; let cool completely. Repeat with remaining sugar mixture and dough. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container, between sheets of waxed paper, up to 1 week.

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