Puff Pastry Cinnamon Swirls
Ideal for a mid morning Snack.
Bake these quick and easy Puff Pastry Cinnamon Swirls in under 15 minutes using ready-rolled puff pastry and three other ingredients. Filled with melted butter, soft brown sugar and lots of ground cinnamon. Finished with a dusting of icing sugar.
These little swirls of festive cheer are ideal for a mid-morning snack with your favourite brew at any time of year.
Ingredients and Substitutions
This is just an overview of the ingredients I used for making this recipe, with possible alternatives and why I may have used them. A full list can be found in the instructions below.
Puff Pastry - A ready-rolled puff pastry sheet makes the job easier. Block puff pastry is fine. Roll it out as thin as possible. About the thickness of a £1 coin (3-4 mm)
Sugar - Soft brown sugar gives a really nice toffee flavour. White caster sugar is fine, but the flavour and colour of the end result will be different.
Butter - Unsalted.
Cinnamon - The quantity used in this recipe, when mixed with the soft brown sugar, will leave plenty left over for another time. You can also use your favourite spice. Speculaas is a nice alternative.
Instructions for making Easy Cinnamon Swirls.
This Cinnamon Swirls recipe is quick and easy to make, especially when you are using ready-rolled puff pastry. Make sure the puff pastry is thoroughly defrosted before you begin.
Equipment
1 Baking tray
Baking parchment
Ingredients
1 Sheet of ready rolled puff pastry
50 g unsalted butter
50 g soft brown sugar
10 g (2 tablespoons) ground cinnamon
Icing sugar for dusting optional
Preheat the oven to 180 deg (Fan assisted oven). Have ready a large baking tray covered with a sheet of baking parchment.
Step 1: Roll out the puff pastry on the baking parchment it came in. Melt the butter and spread it thickly over the puff pastry before it begins to set. Tip: Leave a little of the melted butter to one side to brush the tops of the Cinnamon Swirls before baking.
Step 2: Mix together the soft brown sugar and the cinnamon. Then, evenly scatter at least half the spice mixture over the melted butter on the sheet of puff pastry. Tip: Save and store the rest in a small, tight container to use in other bakes.
Step 3: Carefully press the cinnamon mixture into the butter layer. This is made easier and less messy using a sheet of kitchen paper and a rolling pin.
Step 4: Cut about 1 cm strips lengthways using a pizza cutter. Tip: If you want smaller, party-sized cinnamon swirl bites, cut along the short edge of the pastry and proceed with the rest of the recipe. Remember to reduce the baking time.
Step 5: Carefully and firmly twist each cinnamon and puff pastry trips. Then, begin to curl each one around itself into a swirl.
Step 6: Tuck the ends of the pastry underneath to help keep the swirls in an even round shape.
Step 7: Brush the tops of the remaining melted butter. Note: By this time, you may need to remelt the butter gently.
Step 8: Place the Cinnamon Swirls onto the prepared baking tray already covered with a sheet of baking parchment. Bake in the oven for 12 - 15 minutes or until baked with a nice golden colour. The pastry should be soft in the middle and crispy on the outside.
Note: Smaller bite-sized swirls will need less baking time.
Serve while still warm, dusted with a little icing sugar, or gently reheat in a moderate oven for a couple of minutes if serving for breakfast the next day.
Storage
Store in an airtight container for up to a couple of days. I am not sure if they will freeze. Let me know in the comments below if this is something you have tried,
Tips
Tip 1: Leave a little of the melted butter to one side to brush the tops of the Cinnamon Swirls before baking.
Tip 2: Save and store any unused cinnamon and sugar mixture in a small, airtight container to use in other bakes.
Tip 3: If you want smaller, party-sized cinnamon swirl bites, cut along the short edge of the pastry and proceed with the rest of the recipe. Remember to reduce the baking time.
As always, Happy Baking.
Lynn x