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Carrot Crescents with Nutella

Carrot Crescents with Nutella are carrot rolls Easter recipe stuffed with Nutella. Lovely crescent rolls twist!

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Carrot Crescents with Nutella
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
cooling 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 16 crescents

Ingredients

  • 2 cups finely grated carrots ( 3 large carrots )
  • 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • Pinch of cinnamon
  • 12 Tbsp lard
  • Nutella or your favourite jam for filling the crescents
  • Icing sugar for dusting

Instructions

  1. In medium sized bowl, mix, using spatula or spoon, flour, baking powder and cinnamon.

  2. On a flat, clean working surface, quickly combine carrots, flour mixture and lard, using your hands.

  3. Divide the dough into two balls and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

  4. Cover two sheet pan baking dishes with baking paper and leave aside.

  5. Roll out first dough to get a circle, approx. 11 inches in diameter.

  6. Preheat the oven to 180 C / 356 F.

  7. Cut the circle into eight triangles ( as if cutting a pizza ).

  8. Spread a thin layer of your favourite spread on each triangle. I used Nutella.

  9. Roll each triangle starting from the outside toward the center.

  10. Place crescents on a baking pan ( eight per one dish ) and bake for 25 minutes.

  11. Let them cool completely on the baking dish, remove to the serving plate and dust with icing sugar before serving.