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Homemade Puff Pastry

Over New Year's weekend I did lots of cooking.  In addition to Homemade Lambert's Throwed Rolls , I tried a recipe for Homemade Puff Pastry.  I love anything made with puff pastry from brie with raspberry sauce to guava turnovers (a Florida favorite) but puff pastry can be a little hard to come by in our small town.  I ran across this recipe on the King Arthur Flour blog (which always has wonderful recipes).  It worked like a charm.  I have to confess that it was a little "buttery" for my tastes.  I may try to trade out some of the butter for shortening next time, but it worked beautifully and I will definitely be making this again.  I had some guava paste in the fridge (which my mom brings back from Florida) and also some frozen blackberries and blueberries, so I tucked some of each into these turnovers and they were really something special! Here's how I made Homemade Puff Pastry AT HOME MY WAY: Homemade Puff Pastry 2 cups all purpose f...