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Palmier Cookies are light, airy, buttery sugar-sprinkled cookies that only require two ingredients.
Palmiers, Elephant Ears, French Hearts, Palm Leaves: whatever you like to call them, these cookies are in the running for my all-time favorite treat.
Palmiers
I can’t stop grinning tonight as I sit here and write about these flaky, sweet, French cookies. It turns out that I like Palmiers so much, I made a batch for my birthday in lieu of a cake a few years ago.
If that doesn’t say a lot about how much I enjoy these airy cookies, I don’t know what will. Not only are these the simplest cookies I have ever made, but from the very first bite, this became one of my very favorite treats.
What is a Palmier?
I’m introducing you today to the easiest cookie you may ever make. Not only are these cookies incredibly simple to make, but from the very first bite, this became one of my very favorite cookies.
It is almost absurdly simple to make these flaky, sweet, buttery, delicate cookies!
You only need two ingredients to make Palmiers: frozen puff pastry and plain white granulated sugar. Nothing fancy is required, no special tools at all.
Palmier Pastry
Take your puff pastry out of the freezer about half an hour before you want to start making the cookies.
You want it to be soft enough to unfold easily, but not so warm and soft that it sticks together. 30-40 minutes is just about right.
How to Make Palmiers
Sprinkle your work surface with ¼ cup of sugar. Unfold the pastry and place it over the sugar. Sprinkle the top with another ¼ cup of sugar.
Use a rolling pin to lightly roll and smooth the dough a bit. Just roll it out enough to make sure the seams are connected, if they crack, simply press them back together.
Elephant Ear Cookies
Roll the shorter side of the dough in towards the middle, attempting to make it as snug as possible. Now roll the other side in towards the middle.
Once the two sides have been rolled to the center, press them together lightly and place the rolled tube of dough on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Most frozen boxes of puff pastry include two sheets of pastry. Repeat the process with the second sheet of puff pastry, if desired.
Chill the rolled dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
You’ll have optimal results if you take the time to chill the dough after rolling. That said, I don’t always wait and chill the rolled dough before slicing and baking.
The resulting cookies will simply spread out a little bit more if they aren’t chilled before slicing.
Palmier Cookie Recipe
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Remove the rolled dough from the refrigerator and place on a cutting surface.
Slice the cookies approximately ½-inch in width and place them a few inches apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
I only place 9 cookies on each half-size sheet pan. They will spread out a good bit while they bake.
Press down on the little rolls of cookie dough before baking. It isn’t required, but it helps hold them together nicely.
Bake for 12 minutes, until the edges of each palmier are a light golden brown.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely and then store in an airtight container, if you can make them last long enough to put away.
Easy Cookie Recipes
As much as I enjoy baking, there’s something fabulously fun about recipes that come together in a snap.
Palmier Cookies, Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies, and these Coconut Lover’s Oatmeal Cookies are examples of cookies that are absolutely delicious and yet require hardly any time at all to make.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Ritz Cookies are a sentimental favorite that requires no baking at all. And the same can be said for these Monster Cookie Dough Bites.
Flourless Hot Chocolate Cookies and Applesauce Cookies are a couple more easy cookies that are on my list to try this holiday season. I’m willing to bet that those Applesauce Cookies might be happening for breakfast too.
{originally published 9/11/15 – recipe notes and photos updated 11/30/22}
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