JoAnne Rademacher
Berthold, North Dakota
Start with a Pillsbury™ refrigerated dough sheet layered with white baking chips, dried cherries and almonds, then slice and bake for easy breakfast rolls that taste like they're from a pastry shop!
Orange-Cherry-Almond Pinwheels
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 5 min
- Ingredients 13
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup unsalted or salted butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon almond paste
- 1 egg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
- 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Crescent Dough Sheet
- 1/2 cup dried tart cherries
- 1/3 cup white baking chips
- Grated peel of 1 large orange (about 1 tablespoon)
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons whipping cream
- 1/8 teaspoon pure almond extract
Instructions
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Step1In small bowl, beat butter, almond paste and egg with electric hand mixer until mixture is smooth. Beat in nutmeg and flour.
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Step2On work surface, unroll dough sheet; press into 14x8-inch rectangle. Spread butter mixture over dough, leaving 1/2 inch of 1 short end uncovered. Sprinkle cherries, baking chips, 2 teaspoons of the orange peel and 1/4 cup almonds over butter mixture to edges of dough; press in lightly.
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Step3Starting at short end covered with butter mixture, roll up dough. Pinch and press uncovered end into roll to seal. Reshape roll with hands. Wrap roll in waxed paper; refrigerate 30 minutes.
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Step4Heat oven to 375°F. Lightly spray cookie sheet with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray, or line with cooking parchment paper. Using serrated knife, cut roll into 8 slices; place cut sides up and 3 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until golden brown.
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Step5Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix powdered sugar, cream and almond extract with spoon until smooth; spoon and spread over hot rolls on cookie sheet. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon almonds and 1 teaspoon orange peel. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Serve warm or cool.
Nutrition
300
Calories
16g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
35g
Total Carbohydrate
22g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Roll
- Calories
- 300
- Calories from Fat
- 150
- Total Fat
- 16g
- 25%
- Saturated Fat
- 8g
- 39%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 45mg
- 14%
- Sodium
- 240mg
- 10%
- Potassium
- 125mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 35g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 22g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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