Joulutortut - Christmas stars puff pastry and jam
★★★★★ l "A simple recipe that works! My little family loved it."
Do you know Joulutortut? It's puff pastry folded into a star shape and filled with jam. Traditionally they are filled with plum jam but you can use any jam you like.
Information on the recipe of Joulutortut
Number of cookies
About 10 Christmas stars
20 minutes
Preparation time
0 day
Resting time
10-15 minutes
Cooking time
Ingredients for making Finnish Christmas stars, Joulutortut
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1
puff pastry
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100g
Prune jam
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1
egg
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Powdered
sugar
Steps to prepare Joulutortut
Step 1: Roll out your puff pastry
Preheat your oven to 200°c.
Unroll your puff pastry and place it on baking paper. Then cut out 8 by 8 cm squares with a pastry wheel or a cookie cutter. The pastry wheel will give you a nice wavy cut!
Step 2: Cutting in the corners
Still using the rolling pin, make incisions in each corner of the squares. These incisions should not meet in the center of the square! Leave about 1.5 to 2 cm without a cut in the center of the square.
Step 3: Shape the Christmas stars
This step is a little more complicated than the others, so I advise you to follow the video.
You will roll out every other corner to the center of the square, starting with the top right corner. Flatten the dough in the center so that the shape does not move when baking.
Step 4: Add jam
In the center of each square, place a spoonful of plum jam. Plum jam has been used for many years in Finland, but if you don't like it, you can use another jam!
Step 5: Baking
Bake your Christmas stars (Joulutortut) at 200°c for 10 to 15 minutes depending on the power of your oven. When they come out of the oven, your Joulutortut should be golden brown and the puff pastry should have risen.
Step 6 : Icing sugar
To make your Joulutortut prettier, sprinkle powdered sugar on top and enjoy!
Enjoy them warm, it's even better 🤩
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