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How to: Pastry Puffs. Last night, I decided to make one of my favorite cookies.

How to: Pastry Puffs

These little pastry swirls are so delish! I usually use my favorite pie crust recipe, which I have previously posted, but I decided to try a pastry recipe by the Barefoot Contessa. This recipe calls for lots of butter! I used my 14-cup Cuisinart Food Processor (love it) to make the pastry dough. It's so easy in a food processor, so if you haven't invested in one, do so very soon! Pastry: 2 cups all purpose flour 1/4 cup granulated or superfine sugar 1/2 tsp. kosher salt 1/2 pound (2 sticks) COLD unsalted butter, diced Directions: Place the flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Divide your dough into two equal parts. Keep one half covered in plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator. About 1/8" thick I still have some rolling to do!

You can use any jam or preserves that you like. I used Strawberry Huckleberry jam. Yes.....more butter. How to: Strawberry Lemon Marmalade. How to: Fruit Vodka Popsicles. You like fruit, you like vodka, you like popsicles — shoot, you like a lot of things.

How to: Fruit Vodka Popsicles

So to help move you more quickly towards all your likings, we found a way to combine the three aforementioned likes into one. Before your skeptical brow can arch upwards, let us say — yes, you can freeze vodka. After some quick experimenting and an afternoon of mixing and an evening of freezing …Strawberry Peach Vodka Collins Popsicles are yours for the licking! And careful, these are deceptively kid-like in flavor but packed with adult enjoyment. Strawberry Peach Vodka Collins Popsicles Makes 12 2.5 oz Popsicles 6 oz pureed strawberry (about 10 strawberries) 2 oz peach syrup (recipe follows) 12 oz tonic water 2 oz plus 3 oz vodka (divided use) Instructions: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Peach Syrup (You will have more syrup than you need. ½ cup sliced peaches (about 4 medium size peaches) 1 cup water 1 cups sugar 1. 2. Find more cocktail-popsicles on Endless Poptails Sponsored Content. How to: No Churn Ice Cream. This ice cream recipe has only four ingredients, takes less than 10 minutes to make, and will leave you wanting more every time.

How to: No Churn Ice Cream

Grab 5 fresh strawberries. You can use any fruit you like, or add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and top with hot fudge. Wash and slice the fruit, then put it in a food processor.