Dutch letters

Flaky yummy Dutch letters I've made Dutch letters once before, with traditional puff pastry. Today I tried it with the Jaarsma's Bakery recipe from midwestliving.com. I haven't decided yet if this method of puff pastry is easier, but it's different, and just as delicious. The pastry is puffy, flaky and crisp. I used leftover almond filling from my first try. The leftovers had been in the freezer for a couple of months, and it thawed and baked up great in these Dutch letters. If you're not…

Delicious marzipan-filled pastries!

The recipe for these flaky, almond-filled pastries is based on one from Jaarsma's Bakery in Pella, Iowa.

Easy to make bars that taste just like a Dutch Letter! A good friend that I worked with many years ago made these bars all the time and brought them to work. I got the recipe from her in 2003 and let me tell you, if you are a lover of the famous Dutch Letter - a flaky pastry shaped like the letter "S" - you will love this super easy and delicious recipe. Growing up in Iowa, the Dutch Letter was a special treat and one of my favorites. I didn't know a bar could be made to taste just as good…

Known in Dutch as banketstaaf, banketletter, boterletter, or letterbanket, Dutch letters are rolled pastries made of puff pastry with almond paste filling.

Christmas dessert with almond paste

This is the place to get your Dutch Pastries. We've made our home in Pella, IA for 5 generations and can't wait to find out what you like best.