Baked Puffed Pastry Snowflake

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Baked Puffed Pastry Snowflake 4 Ingredient

Course Baking, Bread, Breakfast, holiday food
Cuisine American
Author Catherine’s Plates

Equipment

  • parchment paper
  • Rolling Pin
  • large sheet pan
  • silacone mat
  • small sharp knife
  • measuring cup
  • serving platter
  • 9 inch pie plate or cake can (for measuring)

Ingredients

  • 1 package (2 sheets) frozen puffed pastry, thawed per package directions
  • 1 cup nutella
  • 1 large egg + 1 TBS water
  • 1 TBS white granulated sugar
  • powdered sugar, for dusting

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place a sheet of parchment onto a clean work surface.
  • Unfold one thawed puffed pastry sheet onto the sheet of parchment and remove any paper separating folds of pastry. Using a rolling pin, roll out pastry to seal fold lines and it's rolled out to fit a 9" pie plate/ or cake pan.
  • Place the 9 " pie plate/cake pan on top of rolled out pastry dough and cut along the the pie plate with a small sharp knife. Remove pie plate. Place the parchment paper with the round dough onto a large sheet pan.
  • Unfold 2nd puffed pastry and cut out the 9" circle and set the parchment with circle aside.
  • Spread nutella into center of the pastry circle on baking sheet, leave a 1/2-inch border around circle with no nutella. Place 2nd circle (that was set aside) on top of the nutella. Press together both pieces of puff pastry lightly to seal together.
  • Place a 2" tiny bowl upside down in the center of circle. Using a sharp knife, start from the bowl and cut through both dough circles outward to edge. (I use the clock method to start. Cut at the 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, and 9:00 to have 4 equal pieces.
    Cut in between each of the 4 pieces to make 8 equal wedges. Cut in between each of the 8 wedges to make 16 equal wedges.
    Remove the tiny dish from center.
  • Working with 2 of the wedges: take one wedge and twist 2 times towards the other wedge. Take the 2nd wedge and twist 2 times towards the already twisted wedge. Take both wedge tips and pinch together.
    Repeat with the remaining wedges until you have 8 tips to the snowflake.
  • Beat together egg & water. Using a pastry brush cover the pastry only with egg wash. NOTE: Do not brush egg over the nutella, it could smear.)
  • Sprinkle white granulated sugar all on top of the snowflake. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
  • Cool Slightly, then dust with powdered sugar before serving.


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