O Puff

[Ammiano Hibbert]

Flakyand layered, this dough is excellent for sweet & savory recipes, such as apple turnovers, baked brie, pigs in a blanket, bread sticks and more. Just unroll, cut, fill or top, and bake to add puff pastry to your favorite recipes.

There were a few grackles at the pond that day. They had been flying around from tree to tree calling each other. The grackle photoed landed in the reeds, and made a few short calls. They were were high and sounded like rusty gates being opened. Every time the grackle sang its song, it puffed up and opened its tails feathers.

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Use a rolling pin to roll out puff pastry dough to a little larger of a square. You want it to be between 10-11 inches. Then divide the square into 9 squares. I use a ruler to make the squares as even as possible.

Brush the tarts all over with the egg wash, then sprinkle with turbinado sugar. The egg wash gives the tarts a beautiful golden brown color and the sugar give a lovely crunch/texture and sparkle.

ROW 1: Starting in the 4th chain from the hook, work a SC, CH 1. Skip the next chain then work another SC, CH 1. Continue working SC, CH 1 in every other chain. You should end with one SC in the last chain. CH 2 and turn.

ROW 2: Work a SC, CH 1 into the chain one space of the row below (in the space underneath the 4th chain from the hook). Skip the next stitch, then work a SC, CH 1 in the next chain one space. Continue working SC, CH 1 into the all the chain one spaces from the row below. End with a SC that is between the last stitch and the turning chain of the row below. Chain 2 and turn.

Repeat rows 1 through 6 until you reach your desired length, then end with 5 rows of moss stitch to match the opposite end of the blanket. You should always have 5 rows of moss stitch in between each puffs row and you should always chain 2 and turn at the end of each row. I had enough yarn to have 16 puff rows total.

Also, when you are working the row right after the puff row, it can be kind of tricky to see where to insert your hook, but just remember to treat those puffs as if they were single crochets and to insert your hook into the chain one spaces on either side of them, just like the regular moss stitch.

When I finished the last five rows of moss stitch of my blanket, I worked one round of moss stitch (SC, chain one, skip one) around the outside of the blanket, working 3 SCs into each corner. Then when I reached the corner I started with, I slip stitched into the corner and tied off.

If you've been around for any amount of time, you might've seen my Puff Quilt that my grandmother made for me. I love this thing SO much. She used various scrap fabrics and clothing to create this very dense, yet very snuggly quilt.

When I look at this quilt, I see something new each time. Recycled tablecloths from the 80s, pieces of my grandfathers button-down shirts, left-over fabrics from previous quilt projects. The list goes on. Some fabrics are used multiple times within the quilt, while other fabrics are only represented once. I love looking over all of the puffs and finding all of the similarities and differences between the squares.

My Granny made this for me when I was 7 years old. I absolutely LOVE that she created a tag for this quilt. I also love that she referred to the quilt as a "Puff Puff" quilt. People also refer to this style as a Biscuit Quilt. Either way, I cherish knowing the details about this quilt, but also seeing her sweet handwriting is so special.

It blows my mind that it took her 7 months to create this quilt. Yet, at the same time, it makes sense. She tediously hand-stitched every part of this. She was a patient, persistent woman. She selflessly loved her family so much that it overflowed into her craft. I am SO thankful that I have these heirlooms to remember her by. To now possess something that she labored over for so long....is really really special.

This is what inspired me to make my very own puff quilt, but with a modern spin. I decided to create a rich gradient of color throughout my quilt, using some of my favorite scrap modern fabrics...and boom. Ombre Puff quilt was born.

Ombre Puff is the 3rd quilt in the Lois Quilt Collection. The Lois Quilt Collection is a collection of my own quilts that are inspired by the quilts that my grandmother made. You can read about that here. The idea behind the Lois Quilt collection is that I am still collaborating with my grandmother, even though she has passed away. I'm taking her quilts and adding my own modern ideas to them. In a way, this has helped me cope with her loss by keeping her memory alive and well.

When I was thinking about how I wanted to make this quilt more "modern", I was kind of at a loss! These quilts were extremely popular several decades ago but I haven't really seen one that is "modernized". I quickly decided that "ombre" was the way to go!

I went to my scrap fabrics and starting creating combinations. I tend to sew with very similar color families, so this was relatively easy for me. I have oodles and oodles of orange-y/ rust fabrics, so I knew that that'd be my starting point. I decided to add in some eggplant purples and vibrant reds to brighten everything up. I loved adding some low volume scraps to the mix also. Overall, it's such a fun pull!

I measured my grandmother's squares for this, and I got 3.5" finished for the puff squares. For each puff, you'll need one 4.5" square and one 4" scrap square. For my scrap squares, I used a various assortment of scrap white/neutral fabrics. These 4" square will be on the inside of your quilt, so it doesn't really matter what you use.

Since I only used my stash, I had to retroactively calculate how many squares you can cut from a fat quarter and half yard....so if you want to start fresh and use your latest, favorite fabric collection, you can do that too!

NOTE: The PolyFil requirement is merely an estimate. I made the Small Throw size, and used a little less than 36 ounces. Since it appears that Polyfil bags are sold in increments of 12 ounces, I rounded up for each size. You might need more or less filling depending on how you stuff your puffs. This is the PolyFil that I used. .

Once all of your puffs are created, organize them into color families. Decide how you'd like the ombre gradient to fade across your quilt, and lay out your puffs accordingly. Once you're happy with the layout, organize and label the rows into piles and sew each row together using a regular 1/4" seam. This will ensure that you won't see the seams from the previous step. You'll want the open edge of the puffs to all be on the same side.

Now it's time to stuff those puffs! Starting with your first row, take a hand full of batting and stuff the first puff. There's no right or wrong amount of batting, but I found that using less batting makes for an easier construction....and also a more plush and flexible quilt.

I decided to quilt my quilt exactly how my grandmother did, which was using ties. This was a first for me! I loveeeeee the handmade touch that this adds. Not to mention, the ties are pretty discrete. I used 4 different colors so that I could blend the ties accordingly.

You can bind this quilt like you normally would...however, I wanted to replicate how my grandmother did the binding on her puff quilt. I was a little intimidated by this at first, but once I figured it out, it was super easy! She used her backing to fold onto the front of her quilt to create the binding. Here's what you'll do:

Turn on the oven to 350. While that heats up, defrost 1 sheet store-bought puff pastry on its paper liner for about 10 minutes, until it feels more like pliable dough and less like a shield. Slice the pastry into quarters and transfer the rectangles to a parchment-lined sheet tray. Score an oval into each quadrant, leaving about a half-inch border; be careful not to cut the pastry all the way through.

In another small bowl, beat 1 egg with a fork. Using a pastry brush (or the back of a spoon or your fingers), spread a thin coating of egg on the exposed border of each pastry rectangle. This ensures the dough will transform from beige to golden. Sprinkle a small pinch of sea salt over each pastry.

This puff pastry is covered with the best pesto ever, ripe, juicy tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese, balsamic glaze and a sprinkling of parmesan. It tastes like summer and is so delicious that I can hardly stand it.

When it comes to the tomatoes, I like to use ripe tomatoes and salt them a bit before placing them on the puff pastry. Then I pat them dry with a paper towel once they have released some of their juices.

Another key here is to tear your fresh mozzarella into small pieces. The fresh mozzarella slices are a bit too thick and heavy for the thin puff pastry. By tearing the cheese into pieces, not only do we cover more surface area with the cheese, we avoid weighing down parts of the pastry. It also helps prevent the cheese from becoming watery too.

Hi guys, I am back again and this time around it is going to be on the sweet side. Did I hear someone say just like me? Thank you I'm flattered. The very first time I made Puff-Puff, I called my mum to send me her recipe and it was for an event for 80 people. Go big or go home right? Well, it really did go well.

I started writing this post about three weeks ago. Why did it take this long? I was sleeping. Just kidding, I actually wanted to make sure this recipe was foolproof and so I made it four times. Things we do for the love of readers right? This is going to be a long post. Because I will explain a lot of things.

A few days back I made puff-puff and wondered if there could be some condiments to go with it so I decided to include a twist on it which you will see later. Puff-Puff is one of the easiest and also the hardest Nigerian dessert to make. But I promise you I will make it as easy as I can for you.

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