Easy Vegan Puff Pastry

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Ingredients

5 oz (150 g) vegan butter (frozen)
2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
3½ tbsp (50 g) vegan butter, softened
½ cup (130 ml) water, plus more if needed, lukewarm

Instructions

1. Shred frozen butter into a bowl using a box grater on it's largest side. Place into freezer while you prepare the dough

2. In a large bowl mix together flour and salt. And in softened butter and mix until the flour resembles bread crumbs

3. Using your hands, mix in the water and knead into a ball adding more water if the dough looks to dry. Knead more 2 minutes or until soft and smooth. Shape into a ball and cover with plastic wrap and rest in refrigerator for 20 minutes.

4. Roll out the dough into a rectangle about ¼ inch/6mm thick. Remove the vegan butter shreds from the freezer. Lightly dust your fingertips with flour and add half the shreds to the left two-thirds of the dough. Add the remaining butter shreds back into the freezer. Fold over one-third of the dough (the right side without any butter shreds). Next fold the left side, forming a wallet fold. Always brush away any excess flour while folding

5. Make a quarter turn with the dough and roll lengthwise into the shape of a rectangle about a ¼ inch/6mm thick. Add the remaining vegan butter shreds to two-thirds of the dough and repeat the wallet folding step.

5. Seal the openings to keep the butter shreds from falling out of the dough then cover with plastic wrap and rest in the fridge for at least 1 hour. It can also be left overnight.

6. Once rested, repeat the rolling and folding step twice to create more layers in the dough. Then wrap the dough with plastic wrap and rest in the fridge for at least 1 hour

7. At this point, the dough the ready for use. But if you’d like to create even more flaky layers, you can repeat the rolling and folding step two more times.