need: cookie sheet, knife, fork, spoon, flat spatula, whisk, measuring spoon, 2 small bowls
Cinnamon-Sugar Filled Pastry with Glaze
Icing
3/4 powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 T. water
Whisk together all ingredients until thick but thin enough to drizzle. If too thin add more powdered sugar, a little at a time. If too thick to drizzle, add a small amount of water at a time. A little bit of water goes a long way.
Cinnamon-Sugar Filled Pastries
1 box Pepperidge
Farm Puff Pastry Sheets (1 box has 2 sheets)
3 T. cinnamon
6 T. granulated sugar
4 T. and some extra butter
3 T. cinnamon
6 T. granulated sugar
4 T. and some extra butter
Follow the
instructions on the package to let the sheets defrost; either 40 minutes at
room temperature or overnight in the fridge. In the meantime, make the filling
and preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Melt the butter and whisk sugar and
cinnamon into a thick coarse mixture. If you don’t have a whisk, use a fork.
Once the sheets
are defrosted, completely separate the 3 sections. Since I'm at the dorms and
don’t have a clean table, I'm going to use my extra pan. Following the preset
lines, cut the square into 9 smaller squares. Do this for the other sheet. Take
a small square and lightly use the palm of your hand to flatten it out. Adjust
the square so it looks like a diamond (<>) and have the stickier side up.
Then take about
a 3/4 teaspoon full of filling and dump it in the middle of the square. Lightly
butter the bottom edges and take the top corner and fold it over the filling to
place on top of the bottom corner but allow some of the bottom layer to show (basically not a perfect match). Use a fork to crimp the edges, press down
hard enough to squish the top layer into the bottom layer but not enough to cut
through.
To allow the
pastries to come off the pan easier, rub some butter on the cookie sheet or use
a nonstick cookie sheet pan. Place the triangles so they aren't touching; I suggest
4 or so triangles. Bake for 15-20 minutes or golden brown. They won't get that
much wider but should puff up and the filling seep out of the edge. Watch out
for burning or smoke from the filling that has seeped onto the pan. When you
take out the pan, quickly take a damp paper towel to the filling by tapping the
pastry away and swiping up the mess. Be careful with how you fold the paper towel
as the filling is hot; I burned myself on the filling alone (ouch).
Be creative by
twisting the corners up. Take the pastries off the pan onto a wire rack or a
container for storage. By sliding the triangles flat side to flat side, it is
easier to drizzle and not waste icing. The pastries are good as desert or as breakfast as they are similar to the ingredients in cinnamon rolls.
Icing
3/4 powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 T. water
Whisk together all ingredients until thick but thin enough to drizzle. If too thin add more powdered sugar, a little at a time. If too thick to drizzle, add a small amount of water at a time. A little bit of water goes a long way.