Cream Horns

Cream horns (also known as lady locks), together with cream puffs, chocolate éclairs, and napoleons, have been standard fare in pastry shops throughout Europe for many years. The ability to produce a properly baked and formed cream horn was one of the skills that had to be mastered before a young apprentice could even think about passing the all-so-important konditor’s test when I was learning.

Puff pastry scraps work particularly well for cream horns. A dough with too much r