Cinni-Minis

 I am trying to cook from my pantry for the next few weeks, designing my menu around what I already have on hand rather than shopping from a list of things I don't have. My pantry of canned goods and canisters of things may not resemble a fallout shelter just yet, but it has gotten unwieldy, so it is time to be creative and resourceful as I hack my way through the jungle that is by kitchen pantry (really just my kitchen cabinets).

I was going through the cheese drawer in my fridge the other day and found a ball of leftover puff pastry scraps. Wracking my brain, I thought that this ball of scraps could be re-purposed easily into mini cinnamon rolls. They made a fast, easy and delicious sweet snack, and there's no reason to wait until you have puff pastry scraps. I would gladly make these again using a full sheet of puff pastry.

Cinni-Minis

Ingredients:

• Puff pastry scraps
• melted butter
• turbinado sugar
• 3 T walnuts, chopped
• 1 t cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Mix together the sugar, chopped walnuts and cinnamon.
3. Press together the puff pastry scraps, folding them over onto themselves in a large ball.
4. Place the ball on a piece of parchment paper and with a rolling pin, roll it to a thickness of 1/8 in.
5. Brush melted butter over the surface and sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar and nut mixture over the top.
6. Roll the pastry up like a jelly roll and brush it with more melted butter.
7. Slice into 1/2 in. slices.
8. Place the slices on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, and bake for 12 minutes or until nicely golden brown.

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