Description
Easy Bear Claws are delicious pastries filled with almond filling and topped with icing.
Ingredients
Scale
- Filling
- 8 oz. almond paste
- 1 Tbsp. almond liquor or 1 tsp. almond extract
- 6 Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 egg whites
- 3/4 c. confectioners or extra fine granulated sugar
- 3/4 c. almond flour
- 1 tsp. cinnamon, to taste
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- Pastry
- 1 lb. +/- frozen puff pastry dough
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 Tbsp.+/- water
- sliced almonds
- Icing
- 1 c. confectioners sugar
- 1 Tbsp. +/- milk
- 1/2 tsp. almond extract
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Follow thawing directions on frozen puff pastry package to thaw dough prior to starting making the bear claw filling.
- Preheat oven to 400 or 375 degrees F, depending on what brand of frozen puff pastry dough you use.
- Place a silicone sheet or parchment paper on a baking sheet.
- In a mixing bowl, place pieces of almond paste, almond liquor, and butter.
- Using a stand or hand mixer, beat until paste and other ingredients combine.
- Add egg whites, sugar, almond flour, cinnamon, and salt.
- Beat until well combined and fluffy.
- Place mixture in the corner of a gallon or quart zipper plastic bag or a piping bag.
- Beat the egg yolks and water together and set aside.
- Roll out half of thawed pastry dough into a rectangle that is approximately 10 X 12 inches.
- Cut into six rectangles of approximately 5 X 4 inches.
- Cut the corner of the plastic bag to squeeze the filling mixture in a strip.
- Pipe a bead of filling starting near the middle of a pastry rectangle.
- Lightly go around the outer edge of half of the rectangle of dough with egg wash to seal it.
- Cut 4 slits along the folded edge of the filled pastry.
- Lay each filled pastry on the prepared baking sheet, curving the pastry at the top.
- Place in the refrigerator or freezer for a few minutes to chill dough again.
- Brush with egg wash and top with sliced almonds.
- Bake at 400 for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven and place on a cooling rack.
- Combine the confectioners sugar, milk, extract, and salt in a small bowl.
- Drizzle the icing on the baked bear claws as soon as they have cooled a little.
Notes
- Serve warm for best taste.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bear claw
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 50mg
Keywords: bear claws, almond pastries, easy dessert