Puff Paste No. 5

Ingredients

• 3 cupfuls All-purpose flour
• 2 cupfuls Butter
• 1 Egg yolk
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoonful Baking powder
• 1 cupful Ice water

Instructions

1. 1In a cool place, sift the flour and baking powder onto a clean work surface. Form a ring with the flour, using the back of your hand. Place the egg yolk and salt in the center. Gradually add ice water to the center, mixing with the flour from the inside of the ring until a smooth, fine, and slightly sticky dough forms. This may take about a cupful of water.
2. 2Place the dough in the refrigerator for 15 minutes. Roll the dough out to the size of a dinner plate. Lay the butter on the dough, and wrap the edges of the dough over the butter, carefully covering it. Turn the dough upside down and roll it out very thin. Fold the dough in three, squarely. Repeat this folding and rolling process three more times, chilling the dough between each turn. Place the dough in the refrigerator between each turn.