Nutella Croissants
 
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Recipe type: Cakes
Serves: 12-14
Ingredients
  • 2 tubes of crescent roll dough, thawed but still cool
  • 1 jar Nutella (i used about ¾ cup)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon of water
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 375 according to package directions.
  2. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
  3. Lightly dust a work surface with flour.
  4. Working with half of the dough at time,
  5. roll your crescent roll dough out onto a large cutting work surface, until it is smooth and even to about ¾-inch thickness.
  6. Use a pizza cutter or knife to cut the dough into thirds. Then cut each long rectangle into two long triangles, making six triangles total.
  7. * You can reroll the dough-scraps into 1 or 2 more triangles.
  8. Place a tablespoon of Nutella on the wide end of the triangle, and use a spoon to spread it out just a bit over the triangle.
  9. * Lick the spoon. Don’t care because it is nutella and it tastes. so. good.
  10. Repeat with the remaining triangles.
  11. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg and one tablespoon of water until combined.
  12. Then liberally brush the egg mixture onto the top of each croissant.
  13. Bake for between 17-20 minutes, until the croissants are golden and flaky.
  14. Serve immediately or store in a sealed container for up to 3 days.
Recipe by Cakescottage at https://cakescottage.com/2014/05/08/nutella-croissants/