Easy Cinnamon Sparkled Pastry Stix with Egg Nog Glaze
These puff pastry stix are sparkled with cinnamon, sugar, and buttery cinnamon chips. They're simple to make ahead and chill in the fridge overnight. Pop them in the oven in the morning and drizzle on some sweet eggnog glaze for a quick, festive breakfast.
If you can spare the time, make your own homemade puff pastry -- it may seem like a lot of effort, but it really does pay off in flavor!
Cinnamon Sparkled Pastry Stix with Egg Nog Glaze
Recipe by: Willow Bird Baking, with pastry inspired by King Arthur Flour and Gale Gand and glaze inspired by Betty Crocker
Yield: 20+ stix
Stix Ingredients:
1 sheet puff pastry, thawed (or make homemade puff pastry!)
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
3/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 cup cinnamon chips (you can replace these with more cinnamon-sugar if you don't have them around)
2 tablespoons milk
Egg Nog Glaze Ingredients:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons eggnog
cinnamon, nutmeg to taste
Directions:
NOTE: If you're making homemade puff pastry from scratch, you'll want to start that process 3 days before your meal.
1 day in advance: Mix sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. On a silicone mat or lightly floured surface, roll your puff pastry sheet out to a 10" x 15" rectangle. Brush half of it (a 5" x 15" strip) with melted butter and sprinkle on cinnamon chips and half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Fold the unfilled side of the pastry over and press to seal around the edges. Brush the top of the now 5" x 15" rectangle with the milk and sprinkle on the rest of the cinnamon and sugar.
With a pizza cutter (spray it a little with vegetable spray if it sticks to the dough), cut the square into 1/2" stix (they'll be 5" long). Press them a little to ensure cinnamon chips are snug, but don't fret when some inevitably fall out. Take each strip by both ends and gently, carefully twist like you're wringing out a rag. Scoop up cinnamon and sugar that has fallen off the twists and resprinkle them. Place them on a parchment lined baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap. Stick them in the fridge overnight (you could also bake immediately).
The morning of: Take baking sheet out of the fridge and let it sit at room temperature while you preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Remove plastic wrap and bake stix about 20 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown. Some of the cinnamon chips might leak out, but don't worry about it. While the stix cool slightly, mix up your glaze. In a small bowl, mix all glaze ingredients until smooth. Add more eggnog if not thin enough to drizzle, tasting as you go. Drizzle over slightly warm pastry stix and serve.
To see what Coke has to do with these twists, judge me because of my caffeine consumption, and see more Cinnamon Stix photos -- please head over to Willow Bird Baking!
x-posted to food_porn, cooking, picturing_food, and bakebakebake
If you can spare the time, make your own homemade puff pastry -- it may seem like a lot of effort, but it really does pay off in flavor!
Cinnamon Sparkled Pastry Stix with Egg Nog Glaze
Recipe by: Willow Bird Baking, with pastry inspired by King Arthur Flour and Gale Gand and glaze inspired by Betty Crocker
Yield: 20+ stix
Stix Ingredients:
1 sheet puff pastry, thawed (or make homemade puff pastry!)
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
3/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 cup cinnamon chips (you can replace these with more cinnamon-sugar if you don't have them around)
2 tablespoons milk
Egg Nog Glaze Ingredients:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons eggnog
cinnamon, nutmeg to taste
Directions:
NOTE: If you're making homemade puff pastry from scratch, you'll want to start that process 3 days before your meal.
1 day in advance: Mix sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. On a silicone mat or lightly floured surface, roll your puff pastry sheet out to a 10" x 15" rectangle. Brush half of it (a 5" x 15" strip) with melted butter and sprinkle on cinnamon chips and half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Fold the unfilled side of the pastry over and press to seal around the edges. Brush the top of the now 5" x 15" rectangle with the milk and sprinkle on the rest of the cinnamon and sugar.
With a pizza cutter (spray it a little with vegetable spray if it sticks to the dough), cut the square into 1/2" stix (they'll be 5" long). Press them a little to ensure cinnamon chips are snug, but don't fret when some inevitably fall out. Take each strip by both ends and gently, carefully twist like you're wringing out a rag. Scoop up cinnamon and sugar that has fallen off the twists and resprinkle them. Place them on a parchment lined baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap. Stick them in the fridge overnight (you could also bake immediately).
The morning of: Take baking sheet out of the fridge and let it sit at room temperature while you preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Remove plastic wrap and bake stix about 20 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown. Some of the cinnamon chips might leak out, but don't worry about it. While the stix cool slightly, mix up your glaze. In a small bowl, mix all glaze ingredients until smooth. Add more eggnog if not thin enough to drizzle, tasting as you go. Drizzle over slightly warm pastry stix and serve.
To see what Coke has to do with these twists, judge me because of my caffeine consumption, and see more Cinnamon Stix photos -- please head over to Willow Bird Baking!
x-posted to food_porn, cooking, picturing_food, and bakebakebake