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How To Make Miguelitos

Satisfy your sweet craving with these Spanish pumpkin cream-filled puff pastries or miguelitos! They’re made with 5 ingredients for simple baked goodies.

Preparation: 1 hour 20 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Total: 1 hour 40 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1sheetpuff pastry
1cupheavy whipping cream
3tbsppumpkin
1tbspgranulated sugar,plus 1 tsp more
powdered sugar,for dusting

Instructions

Preheat oven 400 degrees F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Roll puff pastry sheet out to a 9×13-inch rectangle.
With short end on top. Cut pastry 6 rows down, 6 rows across to make 36 small pastries.
Place on a baking sheet and bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
In the meantime, place whipping cream in the mixer and beat on for about 1 minute high until soft peaks.
Turn down the mixer to low and slowly add in pumpkin and sugar till incorporated. Return the mixer to high and continue to beat for about 1 minute until stiff peaks.
When pastry is done allow to completely cool.
Cut each pastry in half. Pipe pumpkin cream into the center of each pastry. Place tops back on the pastry.
Dust with powdered sugar.
Serve and enjoy.

Nutrition

Calories: 28.52kcal
Fat: 2.71g
Saturated Fat: 1.59g
Monounsaturated Fat: 0.86g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.12g
Carbohydrates: 0.98g
Fiber: 0.01g
Sugar: 0.65g
Protein: 0.19g
Cholesterol: 9.06mg
Sodium: 4.25mg
Calcium: 4.50mg
Potassium: 7.45mg
Iron: 0.02mg
Vitamin A: 29.75µg
Vitamin C: 0.09mg

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