Description
Traditional palmiers are flaky, buttery cookie-like pastries also known as elephant ears or pigtails in some regions. This cheater's method is adapted from a pillsbury recipe. These are smaller than what you'd find in a bakeries and they taste a little bit different – they are so light and have just a hint of lemon. And these are increbily easy & lightning fast – perfect when you have last minute guests.
Ingredients
- Granulated Sugar
- Lemons, Zest Of
- Crescent Roll Dough
- Egg White
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 f degrees
- Combine 2 tbsp of the sugar and the lemon zest in a small bowl and set aside
- Sprinkle some of the remaining sugar onto a work surface, enough to dust the area well
- Open the dough tube and separate the dough into two rectangular pieces
- Roll out each rectangle separately onto the sugared surface to even out the dough
- Using a pastry brush, paint the beaten egg across both pieces of dough
- If needed, you may use an additional egg white
- Sprinkle the sugar / lemon zest mixture you made earlier evenly over each rectangle
- Starting with one rectangle of dough, roll up the left and right longest sides of the rectangle into the center, meeting at the center
- With a sharp knife, cut small slices from the short edge
- The cut pieces of dough, when placed flat, should look like almost like a bowtie- with two coils at either side
- Place cut side down, so they lie flat, onto greased cookie sheets
- Sprinkle lightly with some remaining sugar
- Bake in a preheated 375 f oven for 8-11 minutes or until golden brown
- Cool 1 minute before removing from cookie sheets
- Set on racks to cool completely