Pumpkin Caramel Puff Pastry Twist

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1/3 cup Pumpkin puree or 1/3 cup-sized piece of roasted pumpkin or squash

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg

• Condiments

  • 1/2 cup Maple syrup, pure

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/4 cup Cane or turbinado sugar, Raw
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 2/3 cup Flour
  • 1 Flour
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

• Dairy

  • 8 oz Butter, grass fed
  • 2 tbsp Butter

• Liquids

  • 1/2 cup Water

Found on thekitchenmccabe.com

Description

Ingredients

• FOR THE PUFF PASTRY: (if you do not want to make your own puff pastry, frozen store-bought pastry will work perfectly in its place.)
• 1⅔ cup Flour
• ¼ teaspoon Salt
• 8 ounces Grass-fed Butter, cold
• ½ cup Ice cold Water
• extra flour for dusting
• FOR THE PUMPKIN CARAMEL:
• ½ cup Pure Maple Syrup
• 2 tablespoons Butter
• pinch of Salt
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• ⅓ cup Pumpkin Puree or ⅓ cup-sized piece of roasted pumpkin or squash
• FOR THE CINNAMON SUGAR TOPPING:
• 1 Egg, beaten
• ¼ cup Raw Cane or Turbinado Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon

Directions

• FOR THE PUFF PASTRY:
• Place the flour and salt in a mixing bowl and whisk together. Cut the cold butter into small cubes and toss into the flour. Using a pastry cutter or two butter knives, slice the butter into the flour until it is pea-sized. Make a well in the center of the mixture and pour in the water. Mix together lightly to form a dough. Turn the dough out on a lightly floured surface and pat into the shape of a rectangle. Flour the top lightly and roll out to about half the thickness (the first part of this process will be a bit messy). Using a bench scraper, scrape under the top third of the rectangle and fold it over on top of the dough rectangle. Do the same thing with the bottom third of the dough so that you have formed a rectangle with three layers that is now laying horizontally. Turn the rectangle so that it is facing you vertically again and repeat the process of rolling, scraping, and turning, until you have done it about 10 times (use as much flour as is needed to keep the dough from sticking to the rolling pin and counter, but not so much that it becomes dry). At this point you will have developed several flaky layers of pastry. Butter smears should be visible in the dough (this is where the flaky-ness comes from. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for one hour. Meanwhile - make the caramel filling.
• FOR THE PUMPKIN CARAMEL:
• Place the maple syrup in a saucepan (preferably a light colored one so that you can clearly see the color of the syrup) and bring to a boil over medium/high heat. Continue cooking for another 1-2 minutes, or until the syrup thickens up and becomes a deep amber color. You should be able to smell the scent of caramel. Be careful not to burn the caramel.
• Add the butter and salt to the caramel and continue to cook for another 30 seconds, stirring frequently, until the caramel is smooth and butter has been fully combined. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
• Place the pumpkin puree in a blender (I use a Vitamix) and pour the caramel over the pumpkin puree. Blend for 30 seconds at medium speed until filling is super smooth and velvety. Let cool completely.
• Take the puff pastry out of the fridge and place on a well floured surface. Dust a rolling pin and the top of the pastry with flour. Roll the puff pastry into a rectangle that is ¼ thick.
• Spoon the pumpkin caramel on top of the puff pastry and smooth out so that it evenly covers the pastry, leaving ½ border with out caramel.
• Roll the pastry up, lengthwise, as you would to make cinnamon rolls.
• Cut the pastry roll in half, lengthwise.
• Starting in the center, twist the pastry up to one end, then move to the other end and twist the pastry down to that end. Shape the twisted strand into a circle, pressing the ends together.
• Carefully place the pastry circle on a baking sheet.
• FOR THE CINNAMON SUGAR TOPPING:
• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Brush the top of the pastry with the beaten egg.
• Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the top of the pastry.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until the pastry is a deep golden brown.
• Let cool for 30 minutes. Serve warm.