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Puff Pastry Pinwheels

Puff Pastry Pinwheels are absolutely delicious and easy to make! They are versatile and you can make them in so many different flavors and sizes!
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword pastries
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 9 pastries
Calories 230kcal
Author Camila Hurst

Ingredients

Pastry

  • 1 sheet puff pastry store-bought, or homemade recipe here
  • 1 egg for egg wash
  • 3 tbsp coarse sugar for sprinkling

Filling

  • 1/3 cup filling suggestions in the notes
  • 8 oz. berries raspberries, or blueberries

Instructions

Puff Pastry Pinwheels

  • Pre-heat the oven to 375ºF.
  • Thaw the puff pastry sheet. You can let it sit at room temperature for 1 hour until softened. Or wrap it in paper towels and microwave the pastry sheet 15 seconds on each side. It’s ready to be used when you can easily unfold it.
  • Unfold the pastry sheet, cut into 9 squares. If making a larger pinwheel, you can cut the pastry sheet into 4 or 6 squares instead of 9.
  • Draw a circle in the center of the pastry. You can use a cookie cutter, the bottom of a piping tip, or the rim of a glass, depending on the size of the pastry, to form the circle in the center of the pastry. Don't cut all the way through.
  • Use a very sharp knife or a pastry cutter to cut a slit going from the outer edges of this circle in the center to the corner. You must leave some room in the center where the pastry isn’t sliced, so you can fill it with the filling of choice before baking.
  • Spoon from 1 to 2 teaspoons of filling in the center of each pastry.
  • You can place a dollop of Nutella in the center, or a dollop of Cheesecake Filling, cookie butter, dulce de leche. Or you can even just place a piece of chopped chocolate in the center.
  • Then place four berries at the tip of each triangle, around the edges of the filling.
  • Fold every other corner to the center. So start at one corner, fold it to the center, then skip the next corner, fold the next corner to the center. Repeat until you’ve folded 4 corners in.
  • Place another berry right in the center to hold the folded dough down.
  • Whisk the egg to form a egg wash. You can add a splash of milk to it as well.
  • Brush the egg wash on top of the pastry dough.
  • Sprinkle coarse sugar on top of the dough.
  • Bake in the pre-heated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown, and puffed up. Time baking will also depend on the size of the pastries. If you make them larger, you will need longer baking time.
  • Remove from the oven and let it cool briefly before serving.

Storage

  • Store the pastries in an air tight container in the fridge if not consuming them all on the same day. To serve, you can gently toast them in the lowest setting of a toaster oven. Or bake them at 350ºF briefly for about 5 minutes.
  • You can also microwave them for a few seconds until they aren’t cold and hard from the fridge.

Notes

Filling- great fillings for this pastry are:
  • Nutella
  • Cheesecake filling
  • Biscoff cookie butter, any nut butter you like
  • Caramel, dulce de leche
  • You can even just place a piece of chocolate bar in the center, as it bakes, it will melt
  • Jam, jellies, or compotes
  • Savory fillings: asparagus, pesto sauce, parmesan cheese, cheddar, creamy goat cheese, ham, prosciutto, tomato sauce with shredded mozzarella and pepperoni, roasted garlic and sun-dried tomato
Cheesecake filling- This is the Cream Cheese Filling for Pastries that I used for the pastries in the post above.
Berries- you can use raspberries, blueberries, just make sure they are small. To use larger berries such as strawberries, either chop the berries, or make the pastries larger.
Make ahead- You can assemble these pastry pinwheels ahead of time, and then freeze them to bake later. When freezing the pastries, don't brush the egg wash on top until you are ready to bake. Then, when you are ready to bake, remove them from the freezer and place them on top of a sheet pan, brush the egg wash on top, and bake in the pre-heated oven until puffed and golden brown.
Homemade Puff Pastry: Make your own homemade puff pastry using this recipe!

Nutrition

Serving: 1pastry | Calories: 230kcal