Orangeasy Pastries Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until blended. Beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flours and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Divide dough in half. Mix orange zest and food colorings into 1 half; leave remaining dough plain. Cover each half and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 350°. Divide each half into 8 portions. Roll each portion into a 15-in. rope. Place 1 plain rope and 1 orange rope side by side; press together lightly. Cut rope crosswise into 3-in. pieces. Twist each piece several times; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake 7-9 minutes or until bottoms are golden brown. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, orange marmalade, egg yolk, and orange zest until well blended.
• Unroll the pie crust on a work surface. Cut the pie crusts into 32 circles using a 2 1/2" fluted cookie cutter.
• Spread about two teaspoons of the cream cheese mixture over half the pastry circles, leaving a void about 1/4" from the edges.
• Top the cream cheese with 8-10 mini chocolate chips.
• Top each pastry circle with another pastry circle. Crimp the edges with a fork.
• Brush beaten egg white over the pastries. Sprinkle each pastry with a bit of sugar.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the pastries are a light golden brown.
• Remove pastries from the baking sheet and place on a cooling rack. Cool for at least 15 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In small bowl, combine cream cheese, orange marmalade, pecans and sugar mix well. Separate dough into 8 rectangles firmly press perforations to seal. Spread orange filling on half of each rectangle to within 1/4 inch of edges. To make each pastry, bring unfilled half of dough over filling pinch edges to seal. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Brush with beaten egg white sprinkle with almonds.Bake at 375°F. for 13 to 18 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. In small bowl, blend all glaze ingredients, adding enough orange juice for desired drizzling consistency drizzle over rolls.Nutrition Per Serving (1 roll): Calories 390 Protein 6g Carbohydrate 47g Fat 21g Sodium 520mg From "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.