Puff Pastry Christmas Trees

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (17 ounce) package frozen puff pastry sheets (2 sheets)
• 1/3 cup lime curd or 1/3 cup prepared pudding or 1/3 cup prepared vegetarian pudding
• 1/3 cup honey, warmed
• green sugar crystals
• 8 raspberries or 8 maraschino cherries, halves

Recipe

• 1 thaw pastry sheets at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• 2 preheat oven to 400º f.
• 3 unfold 1 pastry sheet on lightly floured surface.
• 4 cut 4 stars (or any shape appropriate for the occasion)of each size.
• 5 use 3 star cookie cutters in graduated sizes (2-inch, 2½-inch, and 3-inch cookie cutters or cardboard patterns).
• 6 repeat with remaining pastry sheet.
• 7 place stars on baking sheets.
• 8 bake 10 minutes or until golden.
• 9 remove from baking sheets and cool on wire rack.
• 10 to assemble trees:.
• 11 top large star pastry with 1 teaspoon pudding/curd.
• 12 note:.
• 13 if using pudding you might want to use pistachio, or tint vanilla or cheesecake flavor green.
• 14 top with medium star pastry, turning star so points do not line up.
• 15 top with 1 teaspoon pudding/curd and place small star pastry on top, turning so points do not line up.
• 16 repeat with remaining star pastries, making 8 trees.
• 17 drizzle trees with honey.
• 18 sprinkle with green sugar (or color of your choice) and top each with a raspberry or cherry half.
• 19 note: obviously there are many variations of this, fitting many occasions. change the jelly; pudding for lemon curd; etc.