Widows and Danish Pastry

 Had a wonderful treat while sipping on coffee and eating pastry puff danish with my creative and talented friend, Bonnie. As we sat out side under her carport I had to grab my camera and take these pictures. She found old windows, sanded them down, painted them white and then hung them all around her adorable carport.

 I was in such awe of how she had all these windows hanging up I didn't even think to get pictures of her carport all decorated with cute out door furniture. I absolutely loved this idea!

Each  window is hung from each side with chains and hooks.

 Just loved this idea.

{simply charming}

A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.

 

 Now on to....

{Deliciousness}

While sitting outside surrounded by windows, drinking coffee, engaged in four hour conversation we ate this..

 

Here is how to make it:

Pastry 

1/2 cup butter, softened

 1 cup all-purpose flour

 2 tablespoons water 

 Topping 

1/2 cup butter

 1 cup water 

 1 teaspoon almond extract 

 1 cup all-purpose flour 

 3 eggs 

 Creamy Almond Glaze

  1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 

 2 tablespoons butter softened

 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 

1 -2 tablespoon warm water or 1 -2 tablespoon milk 

 sliced almonds 

Directions: 

 1 Heat oven to 350ºF.

 2 Cut 1/2 cup softened butter into 1 cup flour, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until particles are size of coarse crumbs. 

3 Sprinkle 2 tablespoons water over mixture; mix with fork. 

 4 Gather pastry into ball; divide in half.

 5 Pat each half into rectangle, 12x3 inches, about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

 6 Heat remaining 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup water to rolling boil in 2-quart saucepan; remove from heat.

 7 Quickly stir in almond extract and 1 cup flour.

 8 Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat.

 9 Add eggs; beat until smooth. Spread half of the topping over each rectangle.

 10 Bake about 1 hour or until topping is crisp and brown; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely. 11 Spread with Creamy Almond Glaze; sprinkle with almonds. 

 12 Creamy Almond Glaze: 13 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar; 2-3 tbsp butter, softened; 1/2 to 1 tsp almond extract; 1-2 tbsp warm water or milk. 14 Mix all ingredients until smooth and spreadable and glaze the Danish puff.

I think that this is worthy of sharing over at: 

 

~enjoying  the moments