I followed the step-by-step instructions but made one terrible mistake. After baking half of the time I decided to rotate the sheet. My shells ended up being hard and dry. So I looked back to the actual recipe, not the blog, and noticed that it clearly says "Don't open the oven door while the pastries are baking." Now I know for next time. I was also making only half a recipe so that would affect the moisture content even further. Perhaps a shorter baking time would be good for a half recipe.

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