Day 19 of 365: Avocado Puff Pastries

Well my monthly food club was a few days ago and I thought this was the perfect place to try one of my appetizer pins. I love avocado and cream cheese so I really wanted to try these. Here is my attempt at Avocado Puff Pastries from averiecooks.com:

 

Ingredients:

1 large sheet puffed pastry, thawed
1 ripe avocado, halved and mashed (approximately 1 tablespoon of avocado per pastry square)
1/3 cup cream cheese (approximately 1 teaspoon of cream cheese per pastry square)
1/3 cup salsa (approximately 1 teaspoon of salsa per pastry square)
salt and pepper, sprinkled to taste
1 egg, beaten

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400F and prepare a baking sheet with either parchment paper or spray them well with cooking spray.
2. Thaw one large square of puffed pastry. Flour your countertop or working surface and roll out the pastry square as thinly as possible.  With a pizza cutter or knife, slice the puffed pastry into approximately 2-inch by 2-inch squares.  From the one thinly rolled large sheet of frozen puffed pastry, I created 16 squares.
3. On half the squares (8 squares for me), place a dollop of avocado, then cream cheese, then salsa, season with salt and pepper.  Use the remaining squares as the lids and place one lid over the filling mounds. Seal the pastry packages by pressing the edges with a fork, taking care to seal the edges well, pressing the fork in repeatedly, so no filling escapes during baking.
4. In a small bowl, beat an egg with a fork, and apply an egg wash to each of the pastry packages.
5. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until desired browning and puffing has occurred. Watch them closely after 10 minutes in case your oven is hotter or your brand of puffed pastry cooks faster.
6. Remove from the oven and serve. Pastries are best fresh, but extras will keep for up to 48 hours airtight in the refrigerator; reheat gently in micro before serving. 

They were a hit at club and they turned out great!! I cooked them for 15 minutes and that was a perfect amount of time.

***21 Day Organizational Challenge Update***

Day19: Car

This one wasn't too difficult because I just got my car in October. I did have to get some Christmas presents out of the back (Baby G got a ton of gifts!!) After I cleaned some garbage (receipts, granola bar wrappers, etc) it looked brand new again! I really don't keep much in my car other than a snow scraper and baby G's stroller so there wasn't much to organize.

Talk to you tomorrow!