Ready made pastry : baking for beginners

I always go to Starbucks , not only their beverages addicting , also their pastries , especially the chic'o cheese ( sausage wrapped in pastry skin )

I thought to myself , why not learn to make some myself instead of spending unnecessary money on those delicious bastards that cost a bomb ?!

And so my mum , who is a baker , told me there are ready made pastry to be bought from the freezer section in the markets , just wrap it around a sausage and bake it in oven . As easy as that .

So I went to a few market hunting the ready made pastry .

Disappointing enough , couldn't find it in either jusco or tesco .

And at last , found it in plentong giant !!!

What we need ?

1.purchase ready made pastry ! (4.90 ringgit per pack)

2.mould/ baking pan ( the heart shape cookie cutter was 5ringgit from 100yen store)

3. Butter

4.anything u wanna stuff in your pastry : sausage , ham and cheese , kaya , peanut butter ~~~

5.oven / convention microwave ( I'm using a microwave in convention mode , works in the same way of an oven )

6. Aluminum foil ( with / without )

First , take out a piece of the pastry

Then , cut it out using a mould , in this case I'm using a heart shape cookie cutter ...

Put some kaya / jam at the center and cover it with another piece . Seal them in!

i would recommend to press along the side with chopstick end instead of fork ... it is neater 

Grease the aluminum foil with butter to prevent it sticking to the foil .

Preheat the microwave in convention mode , set the temperatures to 200 degree Celsius . ( on the packaging was a temperate wayyy higher than 200, but trust me , 200 works just well , no burnt pastries )

Place the pastries in , bake for 15 minutes .

And tadaaaaa !!! They're done !!!

I guess I had to press the pastry a little because they "poooof" rises sooooooo much than it should've !!!!!!

( I've only made two puffs , one failed - distorted , another one also rises too much , but the shape still appears to be a heart shape lah ...)

They may be distorted but the taste even better than Starbucks' , really ...

It was considered cheating using a ready made pastry but who cares ! Lie if u need to ! Impress your new bf ! Impress your friends and colleagues !!! They'll never find out u cheated ! XD

Alternatively , you can also make it into a pie . I'll do that tomorrow . Gonna make some "otak-otak" pie for baby boy .