Enjoy this easy recipe for Nutella cruffins that uses prepared crescent rolls and the famous chocolate hazelnut spread for a delicious decadent muffin treat.
What's a Cruffin?
This idea combines crescent rolls with different fillings that are baked in a muffin pan. Crescent + Muffin Pan = Cruffin. You can make them with all kinds of different flavors, cinnamon sugar, blueberry, pumpkin spice etc.
You could also use store-bought puff pastry found in the freezer aisle of the grocery store, and make them more of a cross between a croissant and a muffin, but these are easier.
I wanted to make something with chocolate for our weekend getaway so I tried it with Nutella, one of my niece's favorite flavors.
How to Make Nutella Cruffins
Ingredients
- Crescent Rolls - each package makes four so I used three to fill a 12 cup muffin pan.
- Nutella - I used the majority of a 13-ounce jar but I'd say you'd want at least a cup of your chosen filling.
- Organic Sugar - This is used for dusting at the end. You could skip this step. Or you could use regular granulated sugar instead.
Step 1. Use a rolling pin to roll out a sheet of crescent roll dough onto a lightly floured surface. Pinch all the perforated lines closed with your fingers.
Step 2. Use an offset spatula to spread a thin layer of Nutella all over the crescent dough, about 1/3 of the jar.
Step 3. Roll up the dough on the long side.
Step 4. Cut the log in half.
Step 5. Cut down the center of each log to create 4 pieces.
Step 6. With the cut side up roll the log into a spiral shape. Continue with the other three logs and place the into the muffin pan.
Then repeat with the three other packages of crescent rolls and the remaining Nutella spread until you have 12 cruffins.
Step 7. Place the cruffins into a well-greased pan tray and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes until they are golden brown.
Step 8. Remove the muffin tin from the oven and sprinkle with organic sugar. (any sugar will do)
Step 9. Remove the cruffins from the muffin tin and set them on a cooling rack.
You can keep these cruffins in an airtight container for a couple of days but the sooner you eat them the better.
Enjoy these delicious and easy-to-make Nutella cruffins for a decadent breakfast, afternoon snack, or an anytime sweet treat.
Nutella Cruffins Recipe
Equipment
- 12-cup Muffin Pan
Ingredients
- 3 packages Crescent Rolls
- 1 13 ounce Nutella Jar
- 1 tablespoon Organic Sugar
Instructions
- Roll out one of the crescent rolls onto a lightly floured surface.
- Pinch together and close the perforation holes.
- Spoon on about 1/3 of the jar of Nutella and spread it evenly with an offset spatula all over the pastry.
- Roll up the dough on the long side.
- Cut the rolled dough in half.
- Slice down the center length of each half section making four pieces.
- Roll each piece in a pinwheel shape and place it into a greased muffin tin.
- Repeat with the other crescent roll packages and the remaining Nutella spread until you have 12 cruffins.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Remove the muffin tin from the oven and dust the cruffins with organic sugar.
- Transfer to a cooling rack.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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