PASTELITOS

 

INGREDIENTS

Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry

Guava Preserve etc... See Variations

 

 

Method

 

Disengage the sheets of puff pastry and gently smooth out the folds. Do no over handle the dough.

 

With a very sharp knife, make cuts across the sheets in a tic-tac-toe- pattern yielding 9 squares per sheet.

 

Place a teaspoon of filling in the middle of the square.

 

Fold down the top corner to lower corned enclosing the filling and forming a triangle.

 

Press all around the two open edges with a fork to seal tightly w/ a fork.

 

Place the pastries on a cookie sheet, but not close or touching one another

in order for them to puff up.

 

Brush the tops w/ a simple syrup using a pastry brush.

 

Place in a 350º oven on the middle rack. Bake 20-30 minutes (to puff) till golden brown.

 

**Note

The less you handle the pastry sheet the more it will puff.

 

VARIATIONS

 

Picadillo (seasoned cooked ground beef)

Cream Cheese and Guava

Apple (sprinkle cinnamon over it)

Cherries (pie filling)

Mango Marmelade

Papaya Marmelade

Spam & Cream Cheese Mix