Prue Leith laughing

The Store-Bought Baking Ingredient Prue Leith Prefers Over Homemade

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By EMMY SCHNEIDER-GREEN

Chef and author Prue Leith
Celebrity chef and judge on "The Great British Bake Off," Prue Leith, revealed in her newest cookbook her love for store-bought frozen puff pastry.
Scored sheet of puff pastry on a counter
In "Life's Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom: Really good food without the fuss," Leith called store-bought puff pastry "one of the best things since sliced bread."
Frozen puff pastry and a bowl of butter
Leith also noted that she always prefers buying the grocery store variety over the laborious task of making her own from scratch for use in savory or sweet applications.
Prue Leith outside
At the Cheltenham Literature Festival, the celebrity chef and TV personality admitted to a crowd, "I haven't made puff pastry in 25 years."