The perfect way to use leftover scraps of pie pastry. These pinwheels are made with pastry, butter (or margarine), sugar and cinnamon. The quantities of this recipe vary based on the amount of pie pastry you have to work with.
Prep Time: 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 40 minutesminutes
Total Time: 50 minutesminutes
Ingredients
leftover pie pastry
melted butter(or margarine)
sugar(white or brown)
cinnamon
Instructions
Preheat oven for 350F.
Roll out pie pastry on a floured surface until it is about 1/4 to 1/8 inch thick.
Brush the pastry with melted butter.
Mix together sugar and cinnamon at a ratio of 3-4 tbsp of sugar to 1 tbsp of cinnamon. Sprinkle on top of the pastry.
Tightly roll the pastry into a jelly roll.
Use a pastry cutter or knife to cut the pastry into 1 inch pinwheels.
Place pinwheels on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 25-40 minutes or until the pastry begins to brown.