Bear Claws & A Day's Work

Before I started my new job they mentioned making bear claws. I had never made bear claws before, I actually do not think I had tasted one before. I have no idea why that struck fear in me so bad, I woke up at 2:50 AM that night thinking about those bear claws. I did a bit of research and came up with a filling that was just delicious and as I have said before, life is just too short for me to make my own puff pastry. I used frozen puff pastry and filled them, have a look.

Here are the bear claws, they do not really look like the bear claws that I have seen at grocery stores, but they were sure delicious!


I made one like a danish and I was pretty happy with how they came out. Prior to baking, I brushed them with egg wash and sprinkled with almonds. After they came out of the oven I drizzled them with a glaze made of powdered sugar and water.



Today at work there were still some of my chocolate cakes left so there was really not much to make. I was told that they needed a small birthday cake. I made a white cake with strawberry and cream filling and vanilla buttercream. I topped it with a chocolate covered strawberry drizzled with white chocolate. I hope the birthday person likes it.


I also made a frozen Key Lime pie so they had something else to serve. It came out beautiful. I hope it tastes 1/2 as good as it looks.


I feel like I am getting a better grip on doing this job, but it is still going to take some getting used to.