Almond Twists

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 tablespoons superfine sugar, for rolling
• 1 (8 ounce) can almond paste
• 1 (8 1/2 ounce) frozen puff pastry, thawed (1 sheet from a 17.25 ounce package)
• 1 ounce semisweet chocolate
• 1 ounce chocolate

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 sprinkle work surface lightly with superfine sugar.
• 3 unfold pastry and roll out to 12" square.
• 4 break apart almond paste into little pieces and scatter evenly over half of the dough.
• 5 fold dough in half over almond paste. roll out to 10 x 12".
• 6 add more sugar to work surface as needed to keep dough from sticking.
• 7 fold dough in half again and roll out again to 10" x 12".
• 8 cut in half to make 2 rectangles each 5" x 12".
• 9 using a pizza wheel, cut each rectangle into 12 strips, each 1" x 5".
• 10 twist each strip into a loose corkscrew and put on ungreased cookie sheets 1" apart.
• 11 bake 15 - 18 minutes, until puffed and golden.
• 12 remove to wire rack to cool.
• 13 in two small microwaveable bowls, separately melt the chocolates.
• 14 drizzle both chocolates over the cooled twists.