Name: Cinnamon broomsticks
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Ingredients: 1 sheet ready rolled puff pastry, vegan or gluten-free, if needed; 2 Tbsp soft margarine or dairy-free spread; 4 Tbsp granulated sugar; 1 tsp cinnamon powder; Salted pretzel sticks; Cinnamon sugar, to serve

Cinnamon broomsticks

28 Oct 2023

by Pudding Pie

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

12 minutes

Total Time

22 minutes

Background

For our yearly Halloween party I always try out a few new, simple recipes that don’t require much time or many ingredients. I saw these cinnamon broomsticks on TikTok and thought I’ll make them this year. The video of the recipe was a bit misleading - if you bake the pretzel sticks with the pastry they will burn! So follow my recipe instead! These cinnamon broomsticks are vegan too and you can use gluten-free pastry if needed.

Ingredients

1 sheet ready rolled puff pastry, vegan or gluten-free, if needed
2 Tbsp soft margarine or dairy-free spread
4 Tbsp granulated sugar
1 tsp cinnamon powder
Salted pretzel sticks
Cinnamon sugar, to serve

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a bowl, mix the sugar, cinnamon and margarine until you get a paste.
Roll out the pastry, then cut out about 8 squares.
Spread the cinnamon paste on half of each, then fold the other half (which has no paste on it) on top, pressing them together.
Make a 1cm rim (guiding line) on the folded edge, using a blunt knife (don’t cut through it!). Using a sharp knife (or pizza cutter), cut lines into pastry, up to the rim.
Place a pretzel stick to one side of the rim and roll the pastry around the stick, creating a broom shape.
Put the pastries on the baking sheet, allowing enough space between them to expand.
Sprinkle some cinnamon sugar on top if liked.( Or you can brush them with a little almond milk, or egg wash for a vegetarian version, if preferred.)
Take out the pretzel sticks and cut one into small pieces. Put these back into the holes to keep them open during baking.
Bake for about 12 minutes until golden. Scatter some cinnamon sugar on top, if liked.
Let them cool, then swap the small pretzel pieces with a long stick, pushing them into the baked pastry to create broomsticks.