John Butler
Milford, Pennsylvania
Old-world sweet nut filling is flavored with maple syrup and surrounded with crescent dinner roll dough before it is baked to perfection.
Rich Crescent Nut Delights
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 20 min
- Ingredients 13
- Servings 12
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Dash salt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 1 1/2 teaspoons imitation maple flavor
- 5 teaspoons all-purpose flour
- 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Crescent Rolls (8 Count) or 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Crescent Dough Sheet
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon-sugar
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. In 2-quart saucepan, melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat. Add brown sugar; cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low. Add pecans, walnuts, cinnamon, salt, honey and maple syrup; mix well. Cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in maple flavor. Cool 15 minutes.
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Step2Sprinkle 3 teaspoons of the flour over work surface. If using crescent rolls: Unroll dough onto floured surface; press perforations to seal. Sprinkle with remaining 2 teaspoons flour. Roll to form 18x12-inch rectangle. If using dough sheet: Unroll dough onto floured surface. Sprinkle with remaining 2 teaspoons flour. Roll to form 18x12-inch rectangle.
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Step3Carefully spoon and spread pecan mixture evenly over 1 long side of dough in 4-inch-wide strip, spreading to within 1/2 inch of edges. Starting with topped side, carefully roll up dough. (There may be small breaks in dough.)
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Step4Spoon 1 tablespoon of the melted butter diagonally on ungreased large cookie sheet. Place filled roll, seam side down, over butter on cookie sheet. Pinch ends to seal. Gently flatten dough until 3 inches wide. Brush top and sides with remaining tablespoon melted butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.
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Step5Bake 16 to 18 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 25 minutes. Cut lengthwise into 2 long pieces. Cut each half into 1-inch slices. Serve warm or cool.
Nutrition
230
Calories
16g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
18g
Total Carbohydrate
10g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 230
- Calories from Fat
- 150
- Total Fat
- 16g
- 25%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 28%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 200mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 70mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 18g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 10g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 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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