Peanut Butter & Nutella Bites

 by smith library
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The dough used in these bites is not sweet so these are not "overly sweet"; which can cause you to eat these almost non-stop.  I don't use much filling in these to keep the sweetness down but there is room to add more filling for those with a bigger sweet tooth.

Ingredients:
  • Pillsbury Crescent Rounds
  • Smooth & Creamy Peanut Butter
  • Nutella
  • flour
Tools needed:
  • rolling pin
  • small ziploc bags for piping filling
  • cookie sheet
  • parchment paper
Directions:

Set oven according to directions on package (the dough I used bakes at 375°)

Spoon peanut butter and nutella into separate ziploc bags.  Do this step first so the filling warms up and is easier to pipe out onto the dough. Cut off a very tiny piece off the corner to squeeze the filling out. As the fillings come to room temperature they do become very liquidy, so I used a coffee cup to hold the bags with the cut ends up.

Flour your surface and roll the dough to double its length.

Cut the dough in half or quarters.

Pipe peanut butter and nutella onto the dough leaving a space around the edges so they can be pinched closed.

Fold the dough up and flatten the edges as you make each fold, pinching the edges very tightly and folding the edges under.

Place onto parchment lined cookie sheet and bake according to the directions an the dough package.  Mine took 10-12 minutes.

I made some where I cut the dough in half and some the dough cut into quarters.  The longer pieces took 4-5 folds to close up and took a few extra minutes in the oven.  The small pieces took only 2-3 folds and baked golden in 10 minutes.

A package of crescent dinner rounds has 8 rolls in it.  So that's 16 larger bites or 32 smaller bites.

Next time, for added sweetness I might try brushing the dough with egg whites and sprinkling with sugar before baking.


Epoli says: Apr 19, 2013. 7:08 PM
Can these be frozen after they've been cooked, or do you have to freeze them before? And if frozen, how much longer would they need in the oven?
smith library (author) in reply to EpoliApr 19, 2013. 8:22 PM
I used Pillsbury Crescent Rounds for this recipe and according to the Pillsbury website the uncooked dough cannot be frozen. They state the cooked dough can be frozen for up to a month. I have no idea how these would freeze and then reheat with the filling in them since I have never tried it. And mine never last for more than a few minutes after coming out of the oven :)
KneXtreme says: Sep 9, 2012. 5:07 PM
Just made them. Delicious!
Renee! says: Aug 29, 2012. 3:54 PM
These are awesome!! They're so easy and fun to make, and they taste great! I'll make sure to not use a dark or nonstick pan and make these small enough that you can really taste the peanut butter- chocolate when I make them again. Great snack for company or anytime!
smith library (author) in reply to Renee!Aug 29, 2012. 8:23 PM
Glad you liked them. Be certain you make enough to share with company!
rrkrose says: Aug 11, 2012. 8:48 PM
I made these and they were ok but pretty dry. Next time I will make sure to add more nutella!
Andre Coetzee says: Aug 10, 2012. 3:27 AM
Well Done! I am going to try this myself!
smith library (author) says: Aug 9, 2012. 1:30 PM
OMG! Thank you, thank you, thank you. I now have rainbows coming out my ears from all the love!
artfulann says: Aug 9, 2012. 12:47 PM
Congratulations on your win! These look and sound fabulous! I missed them completely when perusing the entries.
monsterlego says: Jul 14, 2012. 12:07 PM
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smith library (author) in reply to monsterlegoJul 15, 2012. 10:50 AM
Thank you! That's a great compliment ... I think ... at least I'm going to take it that way! :) Anyway, it made me laugh when I saw it, thanks!
scoochmaroo in reply to smith libraryJul 25, 2012. 2:15 PM
+1!
thinkpadt30 says: Jul 21, 2012. 12:51 AM
Wow! Our next-mother-daughter cooking experience. My daghter is always looking for a project to do with her daughter, and this looks like it will fill the bill! A question, though. I don't see in the wording why you kept the peanut butter and nutella separate. Why is that? Other than that, great instructable!
smith library (author) in reply to thinkpadt30Jul 21, 2012. 10:09 AM
I wasn't sure how much I would use and I kept the unused amounts in the ziploc bags and put them back into the fridge. So instead of having a peanut butter/nutella mix I had to use up, I have them separate so I could use them for different things afterwards.

And it looked good in the pictures :)
LindsayFester says: Jul 18, 2012. 2:29 PM
I prefer making things from scratch, what do you think would be a good alternative to Pillsbury Crescent Rounds?
cornbaque in reply to LindsayFesterJul 19, 2012. 2:51 PM
i don't have thetime for puff pasry, but that's what I'd use, if I had more patience for home baking. the dough is easy, but its the rolling and folding and chilling and repeating ad nauseum that makes it so delicious.
silentquasar in reply to LindsayFesterJul 19, 2012. 11:11 AM
I'm guessing that the "crescent rounds" are just crescent roll dough cut differently. Maybe look for a from-scratch crescent roll recipe?
silentquasar in reply to silentquasarJul 19, 2012. 11:12 AM
That is, a croissant recipe.
Spiraling Homesteader in reply to LindsayFesterJul 19, 2012. 8:30 AM
A pie dough, kolachki dough, phyllo. Biscuit would be very difficult to get thin enough but might be a nice different texture.
mobiledeb says: Jul 19, 2012. 1:33 PM
Hmmmm, wonder how well these would travel for a canoe trip in the BWCAW? Going to give them a test run this weekend.
clewis21 says: Jul 19, 2012. 9:58 AM
Looks delish!
Viaticus says: Jul 17, 2012. 5:20 AM
Okay I'm taking the day off, heading home and trying this! Great instructable...and you gave some great tips like the mug and ziplock bags, and using the infuser spoon to sprinkle flour. I can count on both hands the number of times I've baked anything and flouring a surface has always been a pain...this is a huge tip!

If I could think of only one suggestion it would be...hurry back to the kitchen and get started on your next submission! :)
smith library (author) in reply to ViaticusJul 17, 2012. 8:57 AM
Thank you for the great response. And I am going through my recipe box looking for the right thing to do next.
Vika84 says: Jul 16, 2012. 4:08 PM
Looks and sounds yam! 5 stars! :-)
rrkrose says: Jul 15, 2012. 10:20 AM
These sound easy and delicious! I will have to try it!
Penolopy Bulnick says: Jul 13, 2012. 4:42 PM
Wow! Just looking at them makes me want to eat them. They came out in such nice bite size pouches! Delicious :)
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