Halloween Galettes

Here is another fun Halloween bake. A while ago, I started making galettes and I have to say they are so delicious.  If you have never tasted a galette, I would say they taste similar to danish pastries.

So for this bake, I wanted to create some Halloween treats using this pastry.

These Halloween Galettes are made from a sweet pastry dough which is light and flaky.  They are filled with delicious apricot halves. They are an easy and fun bake for this festive season.

You could use commercially purchased pastry but making this pastry is quick and easy.  The pastry tastes so good and you will not be disappointed.

Happy Baking xo

Halloween Galettes

Ingredients

· 1¼ cups plain flour
· ¼ teaspoon salt
· 115 grams unsalted butter (cold & cubed)
· ¼ cup sour cream
· ¼ cup ice water
· 1 tablespoon vinegar

Filling

· 1 can apricot halves
· ¼ cup sugar
· 2 pinches salt
· 1 tablespoon corn flour
· ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

Egg wash

· 1 egg yolk
· 1 tablespoon milk
· Course sugar for sprinkling over crust

Instructions

1. Line two trays with baking paper.

2. Place flour, salt and butter into a food processor and pulse until mixture resembles bread crumbles.

3. Add sour cream, ice water and vinegar and pulse a few times until the mixture forms a dough. Place in cling wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.

4. Preheat oven to 180°C.

5. Place sugar, corn flour and salt into a bowl and toss in apricot halves (drain juice first) and vanilla extract until well combined. Set aside.

6. Lightly flour bench and place small portions of dough and roll them out to about 18-20 cm rounds. Transfer to lined baking trays.

7. Place an apricot half in the centre, making sure to leave about a 2 cm border and fold in the edges. To make the spiders, roll some dough and make the eight legs. For the pumpkin, shape the top and bottom so it looks like a pumpkin shape and roll a small amount of dough for the stem.

8. Brush the crust with egg wash and sprinkle with some sugar.

9. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool on tray for 5 minutes.

Tips

· To make the pastries glossy and shiny, melt some jam and brush it over the top of the pastries.

· Any type of berries can be used instead of apricot halves.
· Alternative you can make one large galette instead of four small ones. Round dough out to about 30 cm.

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