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    Can Anyone Tell Me If Puff Pastry Is The Same As Phyllo Dough?
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    Not at all, Cathy. They're totally different.

    Phyllo consists of flat sheets of paper-thin dough, without levening. In use you butter each sheet and create multi-layers of the pastry.

    Puff pastry, as the name implies, contained leavening and it rises---both as it stands (like bread dough) and while it bakes.

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    Thank You For Clafifying The Difference For Me, I Honestely Have Never Used Puff Pastry Although I Do Use Phyllo Dough On Occasion. They Sound Like They Taste Similar, Am I Right About That?

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    Hard to say. To me, phyllo takes it's flavor from whatever it's being used with. So you get a buttery crustiness tasting of filling.

    Puff pastry has a flavor of it's own, but it's not easy to describe. More of a flaky, biscuity sort of thing. But because butter is what makes it puff, it has a similarity to phyllo in that regard.

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    Ok, Tahnks. I Am Asuming That I Could Use Phyllo In Place Of Puff Pastry In A Pinch? Since I Have Some From The Holidays On Hand And Would Like To Use It Up, The Outcome Would Not Be That Different I Hope.

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    Depends a lot on the recipe.

    Most of the time the outcome will be different. Not better or worse, you understand, just a different texture and possibly a different flavor profile.

    Give it a whirl and see what happens. Whatever the outcome it will still be edible, so you won't be wasting it.

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    True Enough, Thankyou So Much For Your Info. On All My Many Questions I Have Posted.

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    As one who has accidentally bought phyllo instead of puff pastry, I can say that they are really two different things. I wish that they didn't package them in the same color, shape, etc., boxes. I make it a point to triple check the box when I buy puff pastry.

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