Pecan and Maple Pinwheels Recipe | Great British Baking Show | PBS Food (2024)

Course: Breakfast and Brunch
Occasion: Christmas, Easter
Theme: Comfort Food

    Ingredients

  • For the pastry dough
  • 500g/1lb (2oz) strong white flour, plus extra for dusting
  • 10g (¼ oz) fine sea salt
  • 50g (1¾oz) caster sugar
  • 9g (⅓oz) fast-action yeast
  • 1 large free-range egg, plus one yolk, lightly beaten
  • 150ml (5fl oz) full-fat milk, heated to 43C
  • vegetable oil, for greasing
  • 250g (9oz) unsalted butter, chilled
  • For the pecan and maple filling
  • 150g (5½oz) pecans
  • 85g (3oz) light muscovado sugar,
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 30g (1oz) unsalted butter, softened
  • To finish
  • 1 large free-range egg beaten with 2 tbsp milk
  • 50g (1¾oz) apricot jam
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 150g (5½oz) icing sugar, sifted
  • 2 tbsp boiling water
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract

    Directions

  1. For the pastry dough, put the flour, salt and sugar on one side of a mixing bowl and the yeast on the opposite side. Add the eggs, egg yolk, warm milk and 80ml (2½fl oz) water and mix for one minute using a fork until combined. Add a little more water if needed to form a firm dough.
  2. Dust a work surface with flour and turn out the dough. Dust with a little flour and knead for 5 minutes, then shape into a ball.
  3. Lightly oil a mixing bowl and a large piece of cling film. Put the dough in the bowl and cover with the cling film. Set aside in a warm place to prove for an hour, or until almost doubled in size.
  4. For the filling, in a food processor, pulse 100g (3½oz) of the pecans until fine. Transfer to a bowl and stir in the sugar, maple syrup and butter. Cover and leave at room temperature. Roughly chop the remaining pecans to use as a garnish.
  5. To make the pastry, sandwich the chilled butter between the open wrapper and a piece of cling film. Using a rolling pin, beat the butter until it is flattened to roughly ⅝in. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface until 1cm/½in thick and roughly double the size of the butter.
  6. Arrange the dough with a short edge nearest you and put the butter in the middle. Fold the top and bottom of the pastry over the butter so it is just overlapping. Press all the edges and sides together to ensure the butter is sealed within the pastry. Using a rolling pin, tap the dough from the middle upwards and from the middle downwards. This ensures the butter is evenly distributed.
  7. Roll out the pastry to a large rectangle approximately ½in thick. Turn dough so you have a long edge nearest you, then fold the right third into the middle and cover with the left third. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Do this turning, folding and chilling three more times.
  8. Preheat the oven to 390F. Line two large baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
  9. Roll out the dough to a 12x16in rectangle. Using a pizza cutter or a sharp knife, cut the dough into 12 equal squares.
  10. To shape the pastry, cut a line from every corner almost into the middle of the square. Brush the tip of each corner with a little of the egg and milk mixture, and fold the alternate corners into the middle pressing down firmly, creating a pinwheel.
  11. Transfer the pastries to the prepared trays. Using your finger, press down to create a hollow in the middle of the pastry for the filling. Put 1 teaspoon of the ground pecan mixture into the centre of each pastry and scatter with a few chopped pecans to decorate. Cover the baking trays with cling film and set aside in a warm place to rise for 10 minutes.
  12. To finish, brush each pastry with egg wash and bake for 15–20 minutes, or until the pastry is crisp and golden-brown.
  13. Meanwhile, for the apricot glaze, combine the apricot jam and lemon juice with 2 tablespoons water in a small saucepan. Slowly heat the mixture, stirring gently, until runny. Pass through a sieve and set aside. While the pastries are still warm brush them with the apricot glaze.
  14. For the icing, mix the icing sugar, boiling water and vanilla extract together until smooth. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a small plain nozzle and pipe lines across the cooled pastries to finish.

Tips/Techniques

For this recipe you will need a food processor and a piping bag fitted with a plain nozzle.Note: This recipe contains U.K. measurements and may require conversions to U.S. measurements. It has also not been professionally tested.

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How many calories are in a maple pecan danish? ›

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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 Danish (81g)
Calories390
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 27g35%
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Can you make cookie dough ahead of time? ›

Most cookie dough can be refrigerated, well-wrapped, for 3-5 days before baking. If you want to make it farther in advance, freeze the dough. You can either freeze the entire brick of dough or divide it into portions for quick baking.

Is maple pecan healthy? ›

With their crunchy texture and rich flavor, pecans are a delicious way to make snacks satisfying, and they're good for your health. Like other nuts, pecans are a good source of fiber, protein, and antioxidants.

Why is pecan pie so high in calories? ›

Mounds of pecans can contribute to high calories and fat in a pecan pie. Traditionally prepared pecan pie has about 550 calories. With ½ cup vanilla ice cream, the calories go up to 700. That's 35% of your recommended daily calories just for dessert.

What happens if you don t refrigerate cookie dough before baking? ›

Popping your dough in the fridge allows the fats to cool. As a result, the cookies will expand more slowly, holding onto their texture. If you skip the chilling step, you're more likely to wind up with flat, sad disks instead of lovely, chewy cookies. Cookies made from chilled dough are also much more flavorful.

Why freeze cookie dough before baking? ›

As little as 30 minutes in your fridge or freezer can help your cookie brown better, spread less, and develop a richer chewy texture. There's a few reasons why, but one important part is it gives the butter in your dough a chance to firm up before baking.

Is cookie dough better refrigerated overnight? ›

How Long Should I Chill Cookie Dough? Anywhere from 24 to 72 hours. The longer you chill the dough, the more flavor will develop. The flour will also absorb more of the moisture so the thicker and chewier the final texture will be.

How many calories in a Wellsley Farms maple pecan Danish? ›

There are 360 calories in 1 danish (85 g) of Wellsley Farms Maple Pecan Danish.

How many calories in a maple pecan Danish Tim Hortons? ›

Nutritional Summary:

There are 400 calories in 1 danish (103 g) of Tim Hortons Maple Pecan Danish.

How many calories are in a maple pecan? ›

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Nutrition Facts
For a Serving Size of 1.7 oz (48g)
How many calories are in Maple Pecan? Amount of calories in Maple Pecan: Calories 200Calories from Fat 99 (49.5%)
% Daily Value *
How much fat is in Maple Pecan? Amount of fat in Maple Pecan: Total Fat 11g-
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How many calories in a maple pecan muffin? ›

Coco's Bakery Maple Pecan Muffin (1 serving) contains 70g total carbs, 67g net carbs, 33g fat, 4g protein, and 590 calories.

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