Angelic Joulutorttu

Joulutorttu are a traditional Finnish Christmas cookie. The name means Yule Tart. Typically, they are shaped like pinwheels or stars, made with prune preserve, and decorated with icing sugar. This recipe is mainly about a slightly different shape I’ve seen somewhere online.

Finnish Joulutorttu

Ingredients:

  • a sheet of puff pastry – I hardly ever make it from scratch considering the amount of work required. But do go for good quality with real butter.
  • a preserve of your choice – I tend to go with apple
  • icing sugar for decoration

Method:

Below picture shows how to fold them to achieve the shape.

  • Make four cuts from the corners to the centre, but not cutting all the way thtrough
  • Pipe in the preserve in a circle, leaving the centre empty for the pastry to stick together
  • Fold the head first, then the arms
  • Bake according to the instructions, decorate with icing sugar

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