Cinnamon Sugar Heart Pastries
Buttery, flakey layers with soft and gooey with cinnamon sugar filling. These cinnamon sugar heart pastries are so delightful and will make you fall in love, especially for Valentine's Day! They are perfectly golden brown, but the dough is still light and airy and so soft inside of all those layers! How cute is the heart shape, perfect for any Valentine's brunch, party or celebration...
Servings 12 pastries
Ingredients
Sourdough Pastry Dough
- 400 grams organic pastry flour or all purpose
- 200 grams active sourdough starter
- 150 grams milk almond or whole milk is what I use
- 75 grams softened grass fed butter
- 50 grams cane sugar
- 1 egg
- 6 grams sea salt
Cinnamon Sugar Filling
- ½ cup soft organic grass fed butter
- ½ cup organic brown sugar
- 2 tbsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Start by mixing all your dough ingredients together, adding the flour last. Give everything a good mix before adding your flour. Knead it in a stand mixer for 8-10 minutes with the hook attachment or by hand until you get a soft and smooth dough. Allow this to rise for 4-6 hours or until doubled in size. Keep in a warmed oven to speed up the process.
- Make your cinnamon filling in the meantime. Add all your filling ingredients together until you get a smooth paste.
- Once your dough has doubled in size, preheat your oven to 350°, and divide it into 12 individual pieces and shape into little balls. Roll each one out into a flat circle and spread the cinnamon filling evenly across. Roll it up to get a long log, fold the log in half, and place it so the seems are facing the sides and the fold is at the top, make a cut at the top of the folded side, leaving a few inches attached at the bottom. Open it up and you will see the heart, you can kind of mold it to get a more perfect heart shape with your hands! Repeat this process with all your dough balls
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place your cinnamon sugar hearts evenly on it, brush them with an egg wash to get that beautiful golden brown pastry colour (1 egg with a splash of water). Bake for 20-22 minutes, until just golden brown and glossy.
- Allow to set for 3 minutes and serve warm