Making Guava Pastries

I spent most of the day on Saturday making guava pastries (pastelillos de guayaba) for a cookie exchange party I am attended yesterday. Guava pastries are a Puertorrican delicacy. I grew up eating them and it wasn't until recently that I became interested in making them because I was craving them and I knew I was not going to find them here. So I went on the internet and found an easy to make recipe. Here is the recipe:

1 puff pastry sheet cut 1 or 2 inches
guava paste cut in 1/2 inch squares
cookie sheet
parchment paper
sugar

Preheat oven to 375
Put parchment paper on cookie sheet
Put guava paste in the middle of the puff pastry
Close the puff pastries as if they were ravioli or that they look like squares. Make sure they are closed really well.
Put the puff pastries on the cookie sheet ( leave about 1 inch in between)
Bake the puff pastries in the oven for 15-17 minutes
After you take out the puff pastries, sprinkle powdered sugar on top of them.
Enjoy...

Assembling...

They look like ravioli's

Ready to be baked

In the oven

Ready!

Ready to eat! Yum.

Merry Christmas to all!

I hope you like them as much as I enjoyed making them and then eating them... I hope you all have a Happy Holiday Season..

See you soon,
Nats