Mini Pain Au Chocolat

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 puff pastry sheet, from a 17 . 3 ounce box
• 2 3/4 ounces chocolate (you can use bittersweet or milk chocolate, but don't use unsweetened)
• 1 large egg yolk (beaten with 1 teaspoon water)
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450 degree f and butter a large baking sheet. cut the chocolate into eighteen 2-by 1/2-inch pieces.
• 2 carefully unfold pastry sheet and roll out on a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin to form a 12-1/2-inch square. trim edges of pastry with a pizza cutter or sharp knife to form a 12-inch square. cut pastry into three 4-inch strips. cut strips crosswise to make eighteen 2- by 4-inch rectangles.
• 3 working with 1 rectangles at a time, brush top with egg wash and place 1 piece of chocolate 1 inch from short end of rectangle and roll up pastry over chocolate to encase chocolate and form a log. press edge of pastry to seal, leaving ends of log open, and arrange pastry seam sides down on baking sheet. brush tops of pastry with some of egg wash.
• 4 repeat with remaining pastry and chocolate in same manner, and freeze pastry on baking sheet until firm, about 10 minutes.
• 5 now, bake pastries in middle of oven until puffed and golden brown on top, about 10 minutes (don't worry if some chocolate leaks out). transfer with a metal spatula to wire racks to cool. dust tops of pastries with confectioners' sugar.