The Christmas puff pastry stars are simple and delicious treats, crunchy and creamy. I don’t know about you, but I am already in the Christmas spirit. I love preparing and experimenting with new recipes to propose on Christmas Day, like the Christmas orange cake that everyone always loves for its simplicity. Every year, I always prepare the famous Christmas cookies with my legendary Unbreakable Shortcrust Pastry, but this time, I wanted to try the double puff pastry filled with delicious chocolate and then decorated.
To make these delightful puff pastry stars, I used ready-made puff pastry to simplify my work, but if you want, you can make it yourself or try the quick fake puff pastry, which I find fantastic and very fast to make.
But let’s go back to the Christmas cookies. You need to get a star-shaped cutter or one you like better; there are many available, and I’ll leave the link to the ones I bought myself below. Then cut out the cookies from the puff pastry sheets, fill them, and decorate them. It seems like a complicated task, but I assure you they are very simple, and you will surely impress. Gather everything you need and try these delights; I’m sure they will win you over immediately. But let’s see together what we need and how to prepare the puff pastry and chocolate Christmas stars.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 15Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas
Ingredients
A simple, quick, and delicious Christmas recipe: puff pastry and chocolate stars, also baked in an air fryer.
- 2 rolls rectangular puff pastry
- 1 bar milk chocolate with hazelnuts
- chopped hazelnuts
- some hazelnuts for decoration
- powdered sugar
Tools
HERE’S WHAT I USED TO MAKE CHRISTMAS COOKIES
- Cookie Cutters for cookies
Steps
LET’S PREPARE THE CHRISTMAS STARS
Open the two sheets of puff pastry, place chocolate cubes on them, well spaced, cover everything with the second sheet of puff pastry, and use the star-shaped cutter to cut out many cookies. Seal all the edges of the stars well with a fork so they won’t open during cooking. Place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake at 356°F (180°C) for about 20 minutes, or you can bake them, as I did, in an air fryer at 392°F (200°C) for 10/12 minutes.
Once cooked, let them cool. Melt the remaining chocolate in a double boiler and, with the help of a fork, drizzle chocolate lines on each star, sprinkle immediately with chopped hazelnuts, decorate with half a hazelnut, and finally sprinkle with powdered sugar.
WITH A NICE BAG AND A BOW, THEY WILL BE A MUCH APPRECIATED GIFT. YOU CAN USE WALNUTS INSTEAD OF HAZELNUTS AND DARK CHOCOLATE.
WITH A NICE BAG AND A BOW, THEY WILL BE A MUCH APPRECIATED GIFT. YOU CAN USE WALNUTS INSTEAD OF HAZELNUTS AND DARK CHOCOLATE.
