Best Cinnamon Pinwheels With Maple Coffee Icing Recipes

CINNAMON PINWHEELS

Steps:

• Combine the granulated sugar and the cinnamon in a small dish and set aside.
• To make the pie crust: In the bowl of a food processor, add the flour and salt. Pulse a few times to combine.
• Add in cold, cubed butter and pulse until the mixture looks like coarse sand.
• Alternatively, you can cut the butter into the flour with your fingertips or a pastry cutter if you don't have a food processor. You'll need to work quickly so the butter doesn't melt.
• Drizzle in the water and pulse until the mixture starts to form clumps.
• Add more water a tablespoon at a time if the mixture looks too dry and won't clump together when squeezed in your hand.
• Once mixed, pour the pie dough onto a piece of plastic wrap.
• Quickly and gently press the dough together into a rectangle. Do not work the dough too much, or the crust will be tough.
• Wrap in the plastic and chill in the fridge for one hour.
• Preheat the oven to 375° and adjust your oven rack to the middle height position in your oven (I have 8 shelves, so I put my rack on the 4th shelf up from the bottom).
• Rolling and Shaping the Cookies: once the dough has chilled, cut the dough in half and roll out to about 1/4" thick.
• Make a rectangle about two times wider than it is tall.
• Feel free to trim the edges of your rectangle to make them all neater if you desire.
• Pour 1 tablespoon of melted butter onto your rolled out dough.
• Using a pastry brush, spread the melted butter over the dough until it's evenly coated.
• Sprinkle on a generous 2 tablespoons of the cinnamon sugar mixture.
• Starting from the bottom edge of the rectangle, roll up the pinwheels tightly until you have a nice even log.
• Trim off the ends and cut into 1" slices.
• Place the slices onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet, cinnamon swirl side facing up.
• Repeat the rolling, filling, and slicing process with your second half of dough.
• If you have extra cinnamon sugar left over--that's ok! You can use it to sprinkle over the tops of the cookies before baking!
• If the dough is really soft, pop it in the fridge for 30 minutes to firm up.
• Bake in a 375° oven for 15-18 minutes, until the sides are puffed, and the bottom edge is lightly golden brown.

MAPLE CINNAMON PINWHEELS

Steps:

• Crumb together flour, butter and sugar with fingertips until combined. Add egg yolk and maple syrup, knead until mixture forms a ball.
• Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth; cover; refrigerate for one hour or freeze for 20 minutes.
• Roll dough between the sheets of baking paper to 28cmx48cm rectangle; spread filling evenly over dough, leaving 1 cm border.
• Using paper as a guide, roll the dough tightly from long side to enclose the filling, wrap roll in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for a further 30 minutes/freeze for 20 minutes.
• Remove plastic from roll, cut roll into 1cm wide slices. Place slices about 2cm apart on oven tray covered with baking paper. Bake in a moderate oven (180 degrees fan forced) for about 15 minutes or until browned. Stand for 5 minutes before lifting onto wire racks to cool.

CINNAMON-SUGAR PINWHEELS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. In medium bowl, stir Bisquick mix and 1/2 cup milk until soft dough forms. Place dough on surface generously sprinkled with Bisquick mix; roll in Bisquick mix to coat. Knead 5 times.
• Press or roll dough into 11x8-inch rectangle. Spread dough with 1 tablespoon softened butter. In small bowl, mix granulated sugar, cinnamon, walnuts and currants; sprinkle over top of dough; press in slightly. Starting with an 11-inch side, roll up dough tightly; seal edge. Cut into 3/4-inch slices. Place slices on cookie sheet. Brush slices with 1 tablespoon melted butter.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet; cool 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix glaze ingredients, adding milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until glaze is thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle glaze over warm pinwheels. Serve warm.