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Did no baking last week, I blame Alice in Wonderland and Netflix through Wii. Made up for it today by doing something out of my comfort zone. I want to slowly ease myself into making pies, so when I ran across this simple puff pastry recipe in the new June 2010 issue of Martha Stewart Living it seemed kind of perfect. Not sure what to call it though...

Puff Pastry Pies page 36 of June 2010 Martha Stewart Living, or possibly somewhere on dufourpastrykitchens.com

puff pastry (this recipe calls for Dufour, I used Pepperidge Farm®) berry filling 1 beaten egg sanding sugar (I used raw turbinado sugar) 

Make a berry filling. (or if you're lazy and uncertain like me, buy some)

Cut out 2 circles of puff pastry (any size); freeze for 15 minutes.

Cut slits across surface of 1 piece. Spread berry filling onto remainging dough, leaving ½-inch border.

Place slit dough on top of filling; adhere to bottom piece of dough with beaten egg.

Brush top with egg, and sprinkle with sanding sugar.

Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet, and freeze for 15 minutes.

Bake at 400° until golden, about 15 minutes.

These turned out absolutely amazing, much easier and tastier than I expected. I'm still contemplating going back and defrosting the second sheet so I can make another batch... maybe tomorrow! -Laur