Puff Pastry Snowflake is filled with cranberry sauce, shaped into a festive holiday snowflake, baked until perfectly tender, golden and finished with a simple powdered sugar icing for the perfect kiss of sweetness.
Add a show-stopping breakfast to your holiday table with this easy and festive recipe for a Puff Pastry Christmas Snowflake
This recipe comes together in minutes and is as delicious as it is quick to make.
All you need is a box of store-bought puff pastry and cranberry sauce , which turns a few slices and twists into the ultimate Christmas breakfast or celebratory dessert.
I made this Puff Pastry Snowflake with just cranberry sauce, but there can be so many variations to the flavors by swapping out the cranberry sauce and using a different spread, like Nutella or raspberry jam.
Seriously, if you have a cranberry sauce in your kitchen, you have to try this recipe! Cranberry sauce is spread between two layers of puff pastry dough that’s shaped into a Christmas Snowflake then baked until golden brown and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Almost any adult out there is fully capable of making these puff pastry dessert, I promise.
All you need is few ingredients, and you don’t even have to be good at baking to pull it off.
Puff Pastry Storage Tips
Store any leftovers in an air-tight container either in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
You could reheat the leftovers in the microwave for about 15 seconds which will warm up the puff pastry nicely.
This cranberry snowflake is a special addition to any Christmas morning the only thing missing is a warm cup of coffee! Flaky, crispy, and perfect tastes and looks amazing! Enjoy!
Puff Pastry Christmas Snowflake
Course: Dessert, Holiday, Puff PastryCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy8
servings15
minutes25
minutes40
minutesPuff Pastry Snowflake is filled with cranberry sauce, shaped into a festive holiday snowflake, baked until perfectly tender, golden and finished with a simple powdered sugar icing for the perfect kiss of sweetness.
Ingredients
1 (17.3-oz.) package frozen puff pastry (2 sheets), thawed
½ cup cranberry sauce
1 large egg, lightly beaten
All-purpose flour, for dusting work surface
Confectioners sugar, for dusting
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Lightly flour your work surface then unfold both sheets of puff pastry
- Using a rolling pin, lightly roll each sheet to seal together any perforations
- Cut each sheet of puff pastry into 9-inch circle
- Place one of the circles on the prepared baking sheet.
- Spread cranberry sauce spread evenly onto puff pastry circle, leaving ½ inch border around the edges of the circle
- Place the second puff pastry circle on top
- Place a glass or Mason jar face-down in the center of puff pastry.
- Use a sharp knife to cut pastry into 4 equal strips, stopping at the border of the glass.
- Cut through each quarter to make 8 strips, then once more to produce a total of 16 equal strips, while keeping the center intact.
- Twist 2 strips away from each other; pull outward and seal seams together.
- Repeat with remaining strips until pastry resembles a star. Brush top with beaten egg.
- Bake in the preheated oven until puffy and golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and set it aside to cool slightly before dusting it with confectioners sugar and serving
