Puff Pastry Stacks

• 1 (17 ounce) package frozen puff pastry sheets (2 sheets)
• 1/3 cup lemon curd or 1/3 cup prepared pudding
• 1/3 cup honey, warmed
• green decorator sugar
• 8 raspberries or 8 maraschino cherries, halves

1. Thaw pastry sheets at room temperature for 30 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 400u0b0 F.
3. Unfold 1 pastry sheet on lightly floured surface.
4. Cut 4 stars (or any shape appropriate for the occasion)of each size.
5. Use 3 star cookie cutters in graduated sizes (2-inch, 21/2-inch, and 3-inch cookie cutters or Cardboard patterns).
6. Repeat with remaining pastry sheet.
7. Place stars on baking sheets.
8. Bake 10 minutes or until golden.
9. Remove from baking sheets and cool on wire rack.
10. To assemble trees:
11. Top large star pastry with 1 teaspoon pudding/curd.
12. Top with medium star pastry, turning star so points do not line up.
13. Top with 1 teaspoon pudding/curd and place small star pastry on top, turning so points do not line up.
14. Repeat with remaining star pastries, making 8 trees.
15. Drizzle trees with honey.
16. Sprinkle with green sugar (or color of your choice) and top each with a raspberry or cherry half.
17. NOTE: Obviously there are many variations of this, fitting many occasions. Change the jelly; pudding for lemon curd; etc.

pastry, lemon curd, honey, green decorator sugar, raspberries

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/puff-pastry-stacks-148971 (may not work)