Flaky Puff Pastry Christmas Tree

This Puff Pastry Christmas Tree recipe is a festive holiday treat. Flaky puff pastry is filled with apples, blueberries, and jam that’s lightly sweetened with brown sugar.

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INGREDIENTS

– All-purpose flour – Unsalted butter – Egg – Apples – Vanilla extract Full Ingredients

Step-by-step instructions!

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Preheat the oven to 350 F. In a bowl, mix the flour and the butter with a fork.

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Add the egg and the vanilla and keep mixing. Add 2 tablespoons of water and keep mixing. If the dough is too dry, gradually add more.

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Form into a ball and allow the dough to rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

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Roll the dough out with a rolling pin on a floured surface to be about 1/4 of an inch thick.

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Use cold butter, so the pastry turns out properly. If the butter isn’t cold, you won’t get a flaky texture.

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