Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Nate's Pineapple/Cheese Croissants!

Nate, our grandson, was over today and he wanted to bake. We went to the store and started thinking what  to bake (bad timing).  The place was a madhouse!  He loves pineapple and cheese so we decided we try our luck and create an easy version of a croissant.. No such luck!  There wasn't any pineapple pie filling so I had to make my own and we experimented with a croissant type Pillsbury Roll..  We used refrigerated Pillsbury  Big Buttery Crescent Rolls..  For a spur of the moment creation I was impressed..They were so good!!  He and my hubby devoured them !!!  I had enough of the cheese filling left to make some mini cheesecakes. All of this was experimentation!! Here are the pictures and the recipe( I didn't measure too well and kind of fudged a lot but this is my recollection..  The Crescent Rolls worked wonderful!!!! Enjoy!!!!!!!!! 

1  4 oz. cream cheese softened
1 egg
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour

Beat cream cheese, egg, sugar and vanilla until smooth..Add flour and beat until creamy..Set aside

Over low heat in a pot put pineapple juice and cornstarch..Whisk until smooth and thickened..Add crushed pineapple and cool.. 

One of the better ones

He took each croissant and cut off points and rolled it to the shape he wanted.

I put the cheese and pineapple in center and he closed



Pretty good for the first time! 



They certainly were good for an experiment (that's what he called this pineapple croissant)





8/21/11

2 comments:

Dzoli said...

What they learn young:I can tell as I was the samew in my grandmoms kitcehn.You go Nathan:))Maybe one day when you are famous chef I can say I met you as a young man:)

M.J. said...

You are so kind ..Many thanks :)