All-Butter Puff Pastry Dough - 14 oz

Use it for hors d'oeuvres, savory or sweet turnovers, pot pie tops, fruit tarts and cheese straws. Home bakers describe the dough as soft and easy to work with, keep discovering new ways to use it, and make it a staple for holiday baking and entertaining. Keep it frozen until you are ready to bake.

At Dufour Pastry Kitchens, since our founding in 1985, we have become known as the chefs' secret source for superb all-butter puff pastry, other specialty doughs and sweet and savory tart shells. Carla Krasner has led our independent, women-owned company from the start, after moving from a career in music to one in food. From our plant in the South Bronx, we make all of our products by hand with the freshest and finest ingredients, and we maintain our quality through a series of rigorous tests and quality controls.

Ingredients: BUTTER (CREAM, NATURAL FLAVORINGS), UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), WATER, SALT, LEMON JUICE.

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Common Questions

Is all-butter puff pastry better than regular store-bought puff pastry?
For flavor and flake, yes, and our Dufour Classic All-Butter Puff Pastry Dough is built around that difference. Many supermarket puff pastries are laminated with vegetable shortening or oil blends, while an all-butter dough relies on butter alone for its layers. As the dough bakes, the water in the butter turns to steam and pushes those layers apart, and the butter gives the pastry a richer taste than shortening can. We make ours with the finest churned sweet butter. Bon Appétit described the baked sheets as "crisp, airy, and made with real butter". Shoppers tell us it bakes better than store-brand puff pastry, behaves like homemade dough with store-bought convenience, and some won't switch to anything else.

What can I make with frozen puff pastry for a holiday party?
Our Classic All-Butter Puff Pastry Dough covers most of a party menu, from passed hors d'oeuvres and cheese straws to savory or sweet turnovers, pot pie tops and fruit tarts. It is a favorite for holiday baking and entertaining, and shoppers keep finding new ways to cook and bake with it. They also describe it as soft and easy to work with, which helps when you are shaping dozens of small bites. Each package holds 14 oz (396.9 g) of dough; keep it frozen until you need it. For the crispest results, work with the dough while it is still cold, so the butter layers stay distinct and puff fully in a hot oven.

Is Dufour puff pastry made with real butter? What are the ingredients?
Yes, butter is the first ingredient in our Classic All-Butter Puff Pastry Dough. The complete list is butter (cream, natural flavorings), unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, malted barley flour), water, salt and lemon juice. That short list is the classic formula for puff pastry: flour, water and salt for the dough, butter folded in for the layers, and a touch of acid that helps keep the dough supple for rolling.

Does Dufour all-butter puff pastry contain dairy, wheat or gluten?
Yes, our Classic All-Butter Puff Pastry Dough contains milk, from the butter made with cream, and wheat, from the wheat flour. It also contains malted barley flour, so it is not gluten-free. Soy and egg are not among its ingredients.

Is Dufour Classic All-Butter Puff Pastry kosher, and where is it made?
Yes, our Classic All-Butter Puff Pastry Dough is certified kosher, and it is made in the United States.

How should I store Dufour puff pastry dough? Does it need to stay frozen?
Yes, keep our Classic All-Butter Puff Pastry Dough frozen until you are ready to use it. Frozen puff pastry is best thawed gently in the refrigerator, which keeps the butter firm so the layers stay separate when you roll and bake. Work with it cold, and if it softens while you are shaping it, a short rest in the refrigerator firms the butter again before it goes into the oven.