Danish Puffs

1/2 cup butter- softened
1 cup flour
2 tablespoons water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup water
1 cup water
1 teaspoon almond extract

1 cup flour
3 eggs
powder sugar glaze
(below)


Heat oven to 350. cut 1/2cup butter into 1 cup flour until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons water over flour mixture, mix with fork. gather pastry into ball, divide into halves. pat each half into rectangle 12x3 inches, on ungreased cookie sheet. rectangles should be about 3 inches apart.

heat 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup water to rolling boil. remove from heat. quickly stir in almond extract and 1 cup flour. stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute. remove from heat. add eggs. beat until smooth and glossy. spread 1/2 of the topping over each rectangle. bake until topping is crisp and brown about 1 hour, cool(topping will shrink and fall, forming the custardy top). spread with powdered sugar glaze, sprinkle with nuts

*** 2 coffee cakes

Powdered Sugar Glaze
mix 1.5 cups powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons margarine or butter, softened, and 1.5 teaspoons vanilla. stir in 1-2 tablespoons warm water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until smooth and of desired consistency