2-Ingredient Desserts · Number 4

Palmiers

  • Two ingredients
Eater's angle: two palmiers on a small saucer beside a cup of coffee at the enamel-topped table, one snapped in half to show its crisp shattered layers
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You need

Good to know: Butter for the pan is free; nothing else goes in the bowl.

What to do

  1. Thaw the pastry 40 min.
  2. Oven 400°F.
  3. Sugar under and over; press in with a rolling pin.
  4. Fold two sides to the middle, then close like a book.
  5. Slice little-finger thick onto parchment.
  6. Bake 12 min, turn with a spatula, 5-6 min more.

Adapted from a recipe by Once Upon a Chef.

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