Red Bean Pastries

By Darlene Schmidt, About.com Guide

Using a large round cookie cutter, OR the rim of a wide cup or jar (I am using a Mason jar), cut out as many pastry rounds as you can. You can make your pastries as small or large as you like - mine are about 3.5 inches wide.

The best way to remove the pastry rounds from your counter is actually with your fingertips (from here onward a certain amount of touching the dough is necessary). Gently peel them away from the counter and place them on a separate surface. When you've removed all the rounds, use your hands to scrunch the remaining dough together, then re-roll and re-cut until you've used up all the dough (or as much of it as possible).