15-Minute Easy Homemade Puff Pastry

Steps

1. Cube the butter in 1/2" size pieces, and place in the fridge while measuring out the flour and salt.
2. In a medium-size mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, and cold butter. Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour until the butter is the size of peas. Make a well in the center of the flour/butter mixture, and pour the ice cold water in it.
3. Using a spoon, gently stir until the mixture is just combined and starting to form a dough. Do not overmix. If it is still shaggy and a bit floury, that's ok.
4. Pour the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and quickly form it into a square with your hands. Try not to handle the dough much with your hands, so you don't warm it up.
5. Flour your rolling pin, and roll out the dough into a rectangle, about 10" long. Don't be shy with the flour, and add more on top or underneath if you feel the dough sticking.
6. Fold the dough in 1/3s, like a letter. Use a pastry brush, or clean paint brush, to dust off the excess flour between the layers.
7. Turn the dough 90*, and roll out into another 10" rectangle. Fold in 1/3s, dust off excess flour. Repeat the turn, roll, fold, dust action a total of 4 times, so you end up with a nice smooth rectangle of dough.
8. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 20-25 minutes or until you're ready to use it.