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Thaw the frozen puff pastry by placing it in room temperature for 30 minutes.
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Preheat the oven to 400u00b0F.
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Once thawed, unfold the pastry on a lightly floured surface and cut it into 3 strips along the fold mark.
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Cut each of the 3 strips into 4 rectangles; you will have a total of 12 same sized rectangles.
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Place the pastry rectangles on a baking sheet about an inch apart and bake in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes or until the pastry is puffed and golden brown.
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Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the pastry cool.
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In the meantime, make the vanilla pudding according to the package directions using the cold milk.
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Fold in the whipped cream into the set vanilla pudding.
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Now break apart each pastry rectangle into 2 layers - top and bottom; you now have 24 rectangles.
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Keep aside 8 top layers.
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Line up 8 bottom parts and spoon 1/2 of the vanilla mixture on them, dividing equally between the 8 pastries.
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Top with strawberry slices and another piece of pastry.
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Repeat with the remaining vanilla mixture and strawberry slices.
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Top with the reserved pastry tops.
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Garnish with a few slices of strawberry and a dusting of powdered sugar.
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Either serve immediately or the patries can be refrigerated for upto 3 hours.
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Note that the preparation time does not include time to thaw the pastry.
