Almond and Hazelnut Twists

Name: Almond and Hazelnut Twists
Yield: About twenty-four 8- to 10-inch pastries
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ⅓ cup (about 1 ounce) blanched almonds, finely chopped but not ground; ⅓ cup (about 1 ounce) hazelnuts, lightly toasted, skinned, and finely chopped but not ground; ½ cup sugar; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 egg well beaten with a pinch of salt; 1 egg well beaten with a pinch of salt; ½ batch Quickest Puff Pastry

Preparation info

About
twenty-four
8- to 10 inch pastries

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Bake

By Nick Malgieri

Published 1995

About

Another simple puff pastry is made richer and fancier by nuts and cinnamon sugar encrusting the dough. Though you may use any nuts, I find this combination of almonds and hazelnuts delicate and flavorful.

Ingredients

½ batch Quickest Puff Pastry

Americas
United States
Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Place the dough on a floured surface, flour the dough, and roll it out into a 12-inch square. Paint the surface of the dough with the egg wash.
In a bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon, and nuts and spread them evenly over one half of the dough in a 6 x 12-inch rectangle