Sugary sweet palmiers

Wendy mentioned on Sunday that she really liked palmiers (aka elephant ears) and didn't believe me when I told her how ridiculously easy they are. So I came over for dinner and for dessert we rolled out some sugary palmiers.

Palmier [pahlm-YAY] is french for palm tree; aptly named because these cookies resemble palm fronds. Since I absolutely refuse to make pâte feuilletée aka laminate dough aka puff pastry without a pastry sheeter, we used an easy alternative: Trader Joe's frozen puff pastry. Now this stuff is a whole lot better than the Pepperidge Farm stuff; if you look at the ingredients its just butter, sugar, and flour. When it comes to pastries, what else do you need in the world?

More sugar! Or at least that's what we used. Rolled in sugar and then rolled onto itself, the palmiers were a snap to whip up. We baked them at 400 degrees for 7.5 minutes on one side, flipped them over and baked for another 7.5 minutes. They came out of the oven sweet, crunchy, and perfect.