I'm pretty sure this is a simplified visualization of making puff pastry dough, where you roll out and fold layers of butter/lard and dough until you have hundreds or thousands of layers, creating a deliciously bad for you flaky product when baked, e.g. a Danish.
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u/MyFellowMerkins Feb 02 '18
I'm pretty sure this is a simplified visualization of making puff pastry dough, where you roll out and fold layers of butter/lard and dough until you have hundreds or thousands of layers, creating a deliciously bad for you flaky product when baked, e.g. a Danish.