Leftover Pastry Banana Nutella Pinwheels are dainty puff pastry swirls flavoured with Banana and Nutella – so quick and easy to put together and so delicious!
Today I’m bringing you Leftover Pastry Banana Nutella Pinwheels!
My favourite way of making quiches is with puff pastry and I always have some left over. Often I’ll make some extra egg mixture to make mini quiches for the children’s packed lunches or maybe do some cheese straws.
The other day though I decided I would make some peanut butter and jam pinwheels I’d read about in The Guardian. I always have peanut butter in the house and was really looking forward to doing something different with my leftover pasty until the store cupboard let me down!
Someone had eaten all the peanut butter (it wasn’t me, honest) most likely my son, so I was left scratching my head as to what to make instead.
Whatever it was, I wanted it to be ultra quick and easy as I wasn’t in the mood for fuss and fiddle.
I looked in my cupboard and saw the Nutella staring back at me and then a sideways glance at the fruit bowl offered up bananas.
Ha, ha, I thought, I wonder if they would work? Well about 25 minutes later out from the oven came the cutest little pinwheels (yes they are finger food, not Danish pastry size) and the smell was just divine.
My family happily tucked into these Leftover Pastry Banana Nutella Pinwheels after dinner and my daughter asked why I hadn’t used all the pastry up to just make them.
They really are fabulous and the banana adds a gooey texture a bit like the custard in a Danish pastry whirl.
These pinwheels were never intended as a blog post but when they tasted so good I hastily took a few quick shots!
So if you have a bit of puff pastry left over and fancy a little sweet treat with a cuppa then I urge you to make these pinwheels.
You don’t need to fuss over exact measurements and you’ll probably only need half a mashed banana but I happily ate the leftovers.
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Leftover Pastry Banana Nutella Pinwheels
Ingredients
- Leftover Puff Pastry
- Mashed banana
- Nutella
- I egg whisked for eggwash
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C.
- Roll the pastry out to a thickness of about 2mm (like in a pre-rolled sheet), don’t worry about a neat shape, mine looked like an amorphous blob!
- Slather on a thin layer of Nutella with a spatula.
- Then spoon on the mashed banana to form a thin layer too.
- Cut the pastry into strips, roughly 1 cm wide or slightly more.
- Gently roll each strip up and place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
- Brush each pinwheel with egg wash.
- Bake for about 20 – 22 minutes until baked through and golden. This timing is based on lengths of about 13 cm if shorter lengths are used decrease the baking time or if longer you may need to increase the time.
- Once baked, place pinwheels on a wire rack to cool.
Maya Russell
How yummy do these look! I need to acquire some left over puff pastry! Or I’ll get some out of the freezer.
Camilla
Thanks Maya, they really are yummy-)
Naimah
These look so yummy
Camilla
Thanks Naimah, they are really good:-)
Paul Wilson
Great idea. My Mum does a similar thing, but with mincemeat as an alternative to mince pies.
Camilla
Great idea:-)
Elizabeth
Gorgeous! I’ve just defrosted some freezer puff pastry overnight last night – I might have to do something like this with it! Thank you for sharing with the No Waste Food Challenge 🙂
Camilla
Thanks Elizabeth, I also tried it with the peanut butter and jam which inspired me but this varient was horrible and non of us like it!
Ursula Hunt
These have gone down a storm with the grandchildren
Camilla
Excellent Ursula – so glad they like them:-)
Sarah T
Wow, I have a feeling my kids would love these!
Camilla
I’m sure they would, my daughter went crazy for them:-)
Jen
Great for a quick snack, I’m with your daughter, why not make a whole batch as they sound delicious. Thanks for sharing with The Pastry Challenge 🙂
Camilla
Well I think that would be a great idea for a party but for just 4 of us would be pastry over-load LOL:-) They were delicious though:-)
Munchies and Munchkins
These look great, I’m always looking for ways to use up leftover pastry and it’s always a fun activity with my eldest daughter x
Camilla
Thanks Becky, I think I will be checking into either Bananas or Nutellas Anonymous soon:-)
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche
Great idea!! I always end up with little scraps of pastry, these are a brilliant way to use them up.
Camilla
Thanks Becca:-)
Lucy
Yum yum, must try these soon, Nutella is wonderful! #creditcrunchmunch
Camilla
Yes Lucy you must:-)
Ursula Hunt
Tasty use of leftover pastry
Yet Another Blogging Mummy!!!
This sounds a much better idea than the cheese twists I always do to use up leftover puff pastry. And as you say, so many other possible combinations for flavours.
Camilla
Thanks, but having now tried the Peanut Butter and Jam they were actually horrible so I’m sticking with these now:-)
Byron
These look so delicious for only three ingredients… yummy!
Camilla
Thanks Byron, I tried them with the peanut butter and jam yesterday but these are way better so will stick with these as they were so good:-)
Sarah Lewis
Such a good idea which I’d thought of it!!!
Camilla
Thanks Sarah:-)
Stuart Vettese
I love your Danish pastries. A great idea for leftover pastry and these could be for either Denmark or Italy with the inclusion of Italy! Hope you enjoyed the show.
Camilla
Thanks Stuart, yes I enjoyed the show much more now I realise GB will never win and just enjoy it for the togetherness it brings:)
Ellen Stafford
Wow these look lovely.
Camilla
Thank you Ellen and so easy:-)
buzylizzy
Those look brilliant and so easy to do am going to have to give them a go 🙂
Camilla
Great, do let me know what you think;-)
Sally - My Custard Pie
Inspired to start pinwheeling – not with palm oil laced Nutella though I’m afraid. They do look delicious though.
Camilla
There are so many different chocolate spreads out there I’m sure any of them would be equally good Sally:-) I’m even thinking Biscoff could be fab:-)
tiggerific1973
I was going to make jam tarts with the left over pastry, now I am not! Great recipe 🙂
Camilla
Great stuff:-)
Heather Haigh
What a good idea for using up pastry bits – and I know my lot would love them.
Camilla
Thanks Heather:-)
Food Glorious Food
Perfect snacks for kids and adults alike 🙂 x
Camilla
Thank you, yes and good for kids to make too:-)
Kate @ Veggie Desserts
What a great way to use pastry scraps. These sound gorgeous!!!
Camilla
Thanks Kate, I’ll be making many more of them:-)
Ursula Hunt
These sound delicious, banana and chocolate is a great combination
Camilla
Thanks Ursula, yes I think I have a banana and chocolate addiction:-)
Keep Calm and Fanny On
Great way to use up extra puff!
Camilla
Thanks you, it’s going to be a regular here now:-)
Jan @GlugofOil
Love the idea of these – bananas and nutella – yum!
Camilla
Thanks Jan, they’re really yummy:-)
Laura@howtocookgoodfood
I love all the ingredients you have used here and think this is a perfect way of using up some pastry. I would love to eat these with some vanilla ice cream, a lovely quick pudding!
Camilla
Thank you Laura, yes that would be a great idea too:-)
Nayna Kanabar
These look so tasty and simple to make.
Camilla
Thank you Nayna;-)
Leila Benhamida
Wonderful! Special treat to make with kids.
Camilla
Thanks Leila, yes perfect for kids to make:-)