Bella's Almond Puff

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 cup flour
• 3 eggs
• chopped nuts, any kind you like,bella uses pecans but the day i had this,she didn't put any nuts on it (she was out of them and had a flat tire on her car)
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 -1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract or 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 -2 tablespoon warm water

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°.
• 2 cut 1/2 cup
• 3 butter into 1 cup
• 4 flour.
• 5 sprinkle 2 tablespoons
• 6 water over mixture; mix with fork;
• 7 round into a ball; divide in half.
• 8 on an ungreased baking sheet, pat each half into a strip, 12x3 inches.
• 9 strips should be about 3 inches apart.
• 10 in a medium sauce pan, heat 1/2 cup
• 11 butter and 1 cup water to to a rolling boil.
• 12 remove from heat and quickly stir in almond extract and 1 cup
• 13 flour.
• 14 stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute.
• 15 remove from heat.
• 16 beat in eggs, all at one time, until smooth.
• 17 divide in half; spread each half evenly over strips, covering completely.
• 18 bake about 60 minutes or until topping is crisp and brown.
• 19 cool.
• 20 drizzle with confectioners' sugar glaze and sprinkle generously with nuts.
• 21 for the glaze: mix confectioners' sugar, butter, almond or vanilla extract and warm water until smooth.