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Hazelnut Pastry Rolls With Lemon Icing

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This delectable hazelnut pastry is as simple as it is ingenious. The pastry dough is super easy to make, and the hazelnut filling gives these rolls a terrific crunch. There’s nothing better than homemade baked goods, and that’s a fact!

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This delightful hazelnut pastry recipe combines a soft, fluffy yeast dough with a rich, nutty filling and a bright lemon glaze for the perfect balance of flavors. The dough is easy to prepare, enriched with butter, milk, and egg for tenderness, and comes together beautifully after a short rise. Rolling it out and spreading the sweet, buttery hazelnut mixture over the surface creates a heavenly aroma even before it hits the oven. The addition of both hazelnut flour and chopped hazelnuts gives each bite a satisfying texture and deep, toasty flavor.

Once baked to golden perfection, the pastries are finished with a drizzle of zesty lemon icing, which cuts through the sweetness and adds a refreshing touch. These rolls are ideal for a cozy breakfast, an afternoon snack, or even a festive treat for special occasions. Their beautiful spiral shape and glossy glaze make them as impressive to look at as they are delicious to eat — a true showstopper that’s surprisingly simple to make.

Hazelnut Pastry Rolls

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Cakes & Pastries, Desserts
Servings 8

Equipment

  • Baking tray
  • Parchment paper
  • Wooden spoon

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 egg
  • 0.5 stick butter, softened
  • 1 cup lukewarm milk
  • 0.25 cup sugar
  • 0.67 oz fresh yeast
  • 1 whisked egg yolk for the egg wash
  • 2.25 cups hazelnut flour
  • 1.75 cups chopped hazelnuts
  • 0.33 cup brown sugar
  • 0.33 cup milk
  • 0.5 stick butter, melted
  • 0.33 cup sugar
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 3-4 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions
 

  • Pour the flour on top of your work surface, form a well in it, and add the egg and softened butter. Dissolve the sugar and fresh yeast in lukewarm milk and pour the mixture into the well. Knead everything into a smooth dough and let rise covered in a warm place for 30 minutes.
  • Flour your work surface and roll out the pastry dough into a 20 x 16-inch rectangle.
  • Combine the hazelnut flour and chopped hazelnuts in a bowl. Add the brown sugar, milk, melted butter, and sugar and mix well.
  • Spread the hazelnut filling evenly over the pastry dough.
  • Roll up the pastry dough from the bottom, cut the log into 2-inch-thick pieces, and transfer the pastry dough pieces to a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Press the end of a wooden spoon into the middle of each dough piece and let rise for another 15 minutes.
  • Brush the egg wash over the dough, transfer the baking tray to a preheated oven, and cook at 325°F for 20 minutes. Mix the powdered sugar and lemon juice together and drizzle the lemon icing over the warm hazelnut pastry rolls.

Notes

You could also add ground almonds to the nut filling. Or use pecans instead of hazelnuts. In terms of nuts, there really are no limits, so go nuts!