puff pastries

Buttery laminated layers

Puff pastries is the plural of puff pastry—a light, flaky baked good made from laminated dough.

The dough is folded repeatedly with butter between layers, creating hundreds of thin sheets that puff up and separate when baked.

Croissants, palmiers, and turnovers are common puff pastries.

The bakery sold out of puff pastries by noon.

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Opposites
texture and density

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preparation complexity

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Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G