Thanks for your patience over the last couple of weeks! Several of you stopped by Valley Natural Foods looking for one specific item that everyone else seemed to be looking for at the same time, so we ran out quick! Our buyers have since placed a large order, making sure for those of you who missed out last week, can now find the Dufour Pastry Kitchens Puff Pastry Dough stocked in our freezer again. Find it in Trail no. 7, freezer door 6.

So, what’s the big deal about puff pastry dough? It’s all about the butter! Soon after StarTribune’s 2011 Holiday Cookie Contest Almond Palmier recipe was featured, Puff Pastry Dough from Dufour Pastry Kitchens was recommended because it’s made with all-butter (no shortening) for lighter and flakier results!

One Valley Natural Foods staff person can hardly wait to make this contest-worthy recipe! (She’s just waiting for the other item everyone else seems to be after—the almond paste of course!) Be on the lookout for almond paste in Trail no. 5, due to arrive this Thursday, December 22nd!

Got powdered sugar, raspberry jam, a little icing and some sliced almonds?

Our popular Ultimate Butter Cookie Dough is back for the holiday season, complete with instructions for you to make four holiday cookie varieties from just one batch! You can create a beautiful holiday tray as pictured above with your oven and some extra ingredients you may already have in the kitchen cupboard.

Putting together an impressive tray of  snowball, almond crescent, cut-out and raspberry ribbon cookies is easy! Stop by the deli and look for individually packaged dough rolls with a laminated recipe and  instruction card attached.

LOOKING FOR a COUPON? Check out our online coupon page and save $.75 on one Ultimate Butter Cookie Dough roll!

For some of us, there’s something special about enjoying holiday cookies even well after all the main celebration. Seeing a delightful tray of holiday cookies at a New Year’s gathering may be one last lingering moment to savor delicious holiday treats.

Valley Natural Foods will continue to sell our ever-popular Ultimate Butter Cookie Dough in one-pound logs for making your own delicious holiday cookie tray through December 31. Each roll comes with a laminated recipe card and instructions for creating an impressive tray of delicious cookies that can be enjoyed at your New Year’s celebration, or perhaps just to have around the house for something special to serve with a nice cup of coffee!