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I love a good salty-sweet snack, and when crispy, buttery, puff pastry, brown sugar, and bacon is involved – these Puff Pastry Bacon Twists are my idea of snack heaven!
But wait – there’s more! Inside those twists of golden puff pastry is cheese!
In fact, we used a spicy pepper jack cheese and some finely minced jalapeño pepper in our Puff Pastry Bacon Twists – giving this snack a gentle heat that hits after the initial salty-sweet crunch, plus coriander and cumin lend an additional distinctive savory flavor. These Puff Pastry Bacon Twists would go perfect with a glass of cold, crisp Chardonnay, or with a bowl of hot and steamy tomato soup.
You can, of course, use a milder Colby jack or cheddar cheese – or really, any favorite cheese you’d like. And, you can also use different herbs and spices – or leave them out all together and just go with buttery, cheesy Puff Pastry Bacon Twists.
These Puff Pastry Bacon Twists are addictively delicious, and I predict you’ll want to snack on these all day long.
P.S. We can’t really take full credit for this recipe – there are lots of different versions found online. But I will say that whoever came up with the original Puff Pastry Bacon Twists is a genius in my book!
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Puff Pastry Bacon Twists
Ingredients
- 1 17.3 ounce package (2 sheets) puff pastry sheets, thawed
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 medium fresh jalapeño, seeded and minced (2 tablespoons)
- 1 heaping cup pepper jack cheese, shredded
- 12 strips of bacon (3/4 pound)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Lay the two sheets of puff pastry on your cutting board with the long end running left to right and brush lightly with the beaten egg.
- Sprinkle one tablespoon of minced jalapeño over each sheet.
- Divide the shredded cheese between each sheet covering the surface right to the edges.
- Take the palm of your hand and press the cheese into the pastry so it holds in place.
- Take the back side of the dough and fold over to meet the edge closest to you and pinch that seam closed. Pat the top so the top and bottom adhere to each other.
- Take a sharp knife or pizza cutter and cut in half front to back. Then cut each half in half then each quarter in thirds. You will have 12 folded half inch strips.
- Repeat for second sheet.
- Line two sheet pans with foil then place a baking rack in each. Spray the racks with kitchen pan spray.
- Twist each piece two full turns and set back on your board.
- Take each piece of bacon and cut it in half the long way so you have two longs strips. Do this for all 12 pieces so you have 24 long strips.
- Now take each pastry twist and wrap each with a strip of bacon and again place back on your board.
- In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, coriander and cumin and stir to combine then pour out onto a plate or platter.
- Roll each bacon wrapped pastry in the brown sugar mixture and place 12 on each racked sheet pan.
- Bake for 25 minutes, rotate pan and bake for another 25 minutes.
- Ovens vary so start checking for doneness at 40 and 45 minutes – ours took exactly 50 minutes.
- Cool on the rack and serve.
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24 pieces of bacon and 12 dough twists, do you use 2 pieces of bacon per twist??
Hi Carey – Each sheet of puff pastry dough will be cut into 12 – and you’re working with 2 sheets – so that gets you to 24 twists. I can see that our instructions are 100% clear as written – we will clarify. Thank you for your question!
Could I freeze these so I can warm them up real quick for breakfast when I’m in a rush? Do you think they would reheat okay?
Hi Benny – Yes you can! I’d suggest baking the twists just shy of the original 50 minutes so that when you warm them up, they aren’t over done. Hope you enjoy the recipe!