Can Anyone Tell Me If Puff Pastry Is The Same As Phyllo Dough?
Thanks, Cccathy

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.

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?

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.

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.