puff pastry
noun
: a pastry dough containing many alternating layers of butter and dough or the light flaky pastry made from it
called also puff paste
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Grandma wasn't against a secret shortcut, so this recipe calls for a package of frozen puff pastry dough to have these on the table in a pinch.
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
Pimento cheese – a blend of cheddar cheese, mayo and pimento peppers – wrapped in puff pastry and deep fried.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
The wine features classic fine bubbles with notes of honeycomb, puff pastry, and apple.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Selling nut-free, dairy-free, and vegan cookie doughs, pie crusts, puff pastry, and pizza doughs, Sweet Loren’s reached a niche that has since blossomed into a bigger movement.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 July 2025
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
Pimento cheese – a blend of cheddar cheese, mayo and pimento peppers – wrapped in puff pastry and deep fried.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
The wine features classic fine bubbles with notes of honeycomb, puff pastry, and apple.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Selling nut-free, dairy-free, and vegan cookie doughs, pie crusts, puff pastry, and pizza doughs, Sweet Loren’s reached a niche that has since blossomed into a bigger movement.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for puff pastry
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“Puff pastry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puff%20pastry. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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