Cranberry Pinwheels are a scrumptious vacation appetizer and even dessert made with golden brown, flaky puff pastry, a candy cranberry filling and drizzled with a vanilla icing!
A SWEET TREAT RECIPE
I had quite a lot of enjoyable experimenting with these candy and tangy treats. I actually need a straightforward cranberry handheld snack/dessert for the vacations and as an alternative of going savory, I went with candy this time and I’m so happy with how they turned out. If you’re answerable for bringing an appetizer or desert to a vacation get together or potluck, give these a attempt! They’re really easy to make and simple to serve. They solely take half-hour from begin to end and don’t embrace any difficult elements or steps.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Should you discover that your puff pastry is tough to chop when you’ve rolled it up, place the rolled up log within the freezer for about 10 minutes then use a serrated knife to chop. When the puff pastry defrosts and will get heat, it may be a bit of laborious to slice so popping it within the freezer for a couple of minutes will assist stiffen it again up and make it a lot simpler to slice.
Should you don’t need to use the shop purchased complete cranberry sauce, it’s fairly simple to do. Warmth 1 cup of complete cranberries, ¼ cup granulated sugar, and 1 Tablespoon lemon juice on the range till effervescent. Then simmer for 10 minutes. Enable to chill totally earlier than utilizing.
Most containers of puff pastries will are available in a field, sometimes two to in a pack. They’re normally within the frozen part of the shop. Earlier than you make these, take away them from the freezer and place them within the fridge to thaw or simply go away them on the counter to thaw at room temperature. Verify the directions on the again of the field for learn how to greatest thaw them since sure manufacturers thaw greatest particular methods.
Sure, you possibly can double this recipe. In reality, it’s a very good one to double so you should utilize each puff pastries within the package deal.
I believe these can positively be savory pinwheels with only a few tweaks. Pass over the brown sugar and cinnamon and don’t prime the pinwheels with the candy frosting. As an alternative, attempt including some crushed pistachios to the combination for a bit of change in texture and to convey some extra savory taste to the flavour profile.
I positively suppose this might simply be made with totally different jams. Raspberry or strawberry jam can be tasty. Should you select to go this route, I’d counsel adjusting the sugar a bit because the jams will have already got sugar in them.
These are greatest eaten the identical day, however they’ll hold for two days within the fridge.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)
- sheet of puff pastry – it must be defrosted earlier than utilizing.
- cream cheese – softened to room temperature. I’ve a couple of suggestions for Softening Cream Cheese Rapidly in the event you’re brief on time.
- gentle brown sugar
- floor cinnamon
- complete cranberry sauce– make sure you seize the can of sauce, not the jelly. If it helps, right here is hyperlink to complete cranberry sauce (not a paid affiliate hyperlink) so you possibly can see what the can seems like.
- white cookie frosting – that is non-obligatory so as to add on the pinwheels. However it simply makes them look a bit prettier.
HOW TO MAKE CRANBERRY PINWHEELS:
Preheat oven to 400 levels F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Put aside. In a mixing bowl, combine collectively softened cream cheese, brown sugar, and cinnamon till easy.
Roll out your sheet of puff pastry and unfold the cream cheese combination evenly over the puff pastry, leaving ½ inch of area on one lengthy facet.
Spoon the cranberry sauce over the unfold cream cheese after which evenly distribute the cranberry sauce, leaving ½ of area on the identical lengthy facet because the cream cheese. Roll the puff pastry up (lengthy edge to lengthy edge) till you attain the ½ inch of area.
Lower the log into 12 even items and place every pinwheel on the baking sheet. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for twenty-four minutes (or till golden brown).
Enable to chill then sprinkle with brown sugar and drizzle with frosting (non-obligatory).
Take pleasure in!
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Energy: 193kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 3g | Fats: 8g | Sodium: 120mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g
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