Strawberries are a favorite of mine. This recipe is quite easy to make and a wonderful treat for brunch, breakfast, snack or dessert.
In a bowl, mix together some softened cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla.
Then, unroll a sheet of puff pastry.
Spread the cream cheese mixture over the puff pastry sheet.
Add some diced strawberries.
Make that a whole lot of diced strawberries! Dicing strawberries is the hardest part to this recipe. Be sure to pat the strawberries down into the cream cheese.
Now starting from the longer edge, roll up the puff pastry.
Pinch the seam so that none of the goodness works its way out. At this point, freeze the log for a couple of hours to make the next step a little easier.
Remove from freezer and slice up the roll into 24 slices using a serrated knife. Best way to do this is cut the roll in half, then in half again so you now have four even sections. Then, half each of four sections to make eight. Now if you are still with me on this math, cut each eighth into three parts. You should then have 24 equal slices. Whew!
Place on a parchment covered cookie sheet and bake. (I rounded up some of the pinwheels because they flattened as I cut with knife.)
Once baked, I drizzled with a little glaze.
Enjoy!
Strawberry and Cream Pinwheels
Ingredients
- 1 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar divided
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 1 pint fresh strawberries diced
- 1-2 tbsp milk or water
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Cream together the cream cheese, one cup of powdered sugar and vanilla.
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Unroll a sheet of puff pastry and spread the cream cheese mixture over entire sheet.
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Sprinkle diced strawberries over cream cheese and slightly pat the strawberries into the cream cheese.
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Roll up the pastry sheet carefully to make a large pinwheel log. Pinch the seal closed. Freeze for at least two hours to make cutting easier.
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Using a serrated knife, slice the roll into 24 slices. Best way to do this is to cut log in half, then cut each half in half. You should then have 4 equal parts. Next, cut all four parts in half again to make 8. Finally, cut each eighth into three parts to make 24.
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Place the slices on the parchment lined cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
Once cooled, make glaze by combining one cup of powdered sugar with 1 tablespoon milk. Stir. You may need to add a little more milk to get correct consistency. Drizzle over each pinwheel.
