Puff Pastry Cherry Blossoms

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• puff pastry sheet
• pie filling, of your choice
• egg wash (one beaten egg)
• turbinado sugar
• glaze
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cut your sheet of puff pastry into squares. i cut down the 3 vertical marks that are previously there. i was left with 3 strips. i cut each strip into 3 squares. they are not perfectly square, but that's o.k! you can make yours larger if you like. take one of your squares and place 1 tablespoon of filling in the center. don't use more than that, or you will have a mess.
• 2 grab two opposite corners and pull up to center and pinch together.
• 3 do the same with the other corners. now, pinch closed two seams and leave two open.
• 4 lay your cherry blossoms on a parchment lined baking sheet.
• 5 if you don't have parchment paper, grease your pan lightly.
• 6 brush with egg wash.
• 7 sprinkle sugar over pastry.
• 8 bake at 375 degrees until very golden.
• 9 15 to 20 minutes.
• 10 don't worry if a bit of your filling runs out.
• 11 you can take a knife and push it right back inches.
• 12 prepare the glaze while the blossoms are baking . . .mix confectioners sugar, milk and vanilla.
• 13 make the glaze the consistency you like.
• 14 once the blossoms have finished baking, glaze them while still warm.