These cookies are so light and crisp. It’s so easy a caveman can do it. Really! There are only 2 ingredients if you buy pre-made puff pastry. Kids (and husbands) just love them! Vadim and I gobbled these up in 2 days.
Cost to Make: $4 to $5
Servings: 40 to 45 cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup white sugar
2 sheets (1 package) Pepperidge Farm puff pastry, thawed
Pinch of kosher salt (optional)
What you will need:
Parchment paper to line the cookie sheet.
How to Make Elephant Ears:
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Mix together sugar (and kosher salt). Pour 1/2 cup of sugar mixture on a flat surface such as a large wooden board.
Unfold one Puff pastry sheet onto the sugared surface and spread 1/4 cup sugar over the top.
With a rolling pin, roll the pastry sheet to about a 13″ square, pressing the sugar into the dough.
Fold 2 opposite sides into the center.
Fold again and close like a book (you should have 8 layers total).
Cut the pastry log into just under 1/2″ pieces.
Arrange on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Repeat with the second puff pastry sheet.
Bake for 6 minutes until the bottoms of the cookies are golden brown and caramelized. Flip the cookies over and return to the oven for another 4 to 5 minutes until golden brown on the other side. Remove from the baking sheet to cool.
Notes:
You can thaw puff pastry on the counter according to package instructions and then stick it in the fridge until ready to use, OR you can thaw in the fridge overnight.
You may not be able to see if the bottom is caramelized until you flip one over.
Once they are cooled to room temp, they keep well in an airtight container or ziploc bags.
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I love these cookies! I’m not the biggest fan of frosting and “American cakes” so I love the simple pastries. I have made these a few time for my husband and our family Christmas party, they were a HIT! Everyone loved them as much as we did….I use a little less sugar and cut them into larger slices so that they “puff” up more!
So glad you enjoyed them. They are my husbands favorite cookies too. He can eat half the batch when I make them, so they become a “dangerous” cookie in our house.
I ate all of these from the box of cookies we got at the Christmas banquet. They’re yummy, and I didn’t realize they’re so easy to make! I’m adding them to my file of cookie/pastry recipes. Thanks for posting.
im baking these right now, they smell so good and are so easy!! thanks for the recipe!
You are very welcome. Now I want some too!!
Hm I need to try these. A Spanish lady gave me a different recipe and it is really tasty as well. Bring oil in a pan to a boil and put a tortilla in it..It will puff up and when golden flip to the other side for a little bit. After taking them out dab them with paper towels to remove excess oil. Mix sugar with cinnamon and top. Very yummy and easy.
Oh my! I just got back from spending a summer in Ukraine and I had these all the time, but I’d never made them, only bought them (They came in big yellow boxes that you could get for a few grivens and then feed an army with). I didn’t think i’d ever see a recipe for them outside of Ukraine, but it looks like you have a great one here! Thanks for posting this!
made these the other day. LOVED THEM!!! my cuzin goes “who bought those yummy cookie things?”
thank you so much for the recipe. i also sprinkled one with cocoa powder and it added this interesting(subtle) flavor 
Hmmm, that’s very creative! I’ll have to give it a shot next time. These are my hubbies favorite cookies. You must have done a great job if someone thought they were store-bought! Nice!
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