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Friday, November 4, 2011
Crispy Sugar Crumb Triangles
I have fallen into a deep love with Pinterest. Aside from the fact that I get tons of hits from there (thank you to people who pin my recipes, I REALLY appreciate it!) to the fact that I am exposed to lots of new recipes, it's a favorite site of mine. When I saw these I knew I needed to make them for John. John loves anything with cinnamon and sugar, especially if a crescent roll is involved. Boy was I right, he was so obsessed with these he ate half the batch in one morning. I have to agree with him though, they are so good. They taste like a crumb cake but require a fraction of the effort and seriously no skill.
On a somewhat unrelated note, the original name for these is "sugar crumb crispy" but I felt like it was missing a word. It sounded like a bunch of describing words but no object of description. The title also made me think of this school lunch they serve where I teach: crunchy cheese squares. Descriptive, but I still have no idea what a "crunchy cheese square" is except that it's presumably crunchy, cheesy, and square shaped. I'm not sure why those things came to mind but the whole time I was making these I was trying to envision a "crunchy cheese square" and decided to rename this recipe something that wouldn't leave you confused based on it's title!
Source: Adapted from Chef In Training
Ingredients:
1 roll of crescent rolls, divided into 8 triangles
1/4 cup cold butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2-3 tbsp. water
Directions:
1- Preheat the oven to 400. Lay the crescent rolls out on a silpat or wax paper covered cookie sheet.
2- In a bowl combine the sugars, flour, and cinnamon. Cut the butter into the mixture until a crumb forms (it's ok if it is not all crumby, mine was partially crumby and partially just a sugar mixture).
3- Sprinkle the crumb topping over the crescents. (I only used about 3/4 of the crumb topping- it made a lot and I didn't need it all).
4- Bake for 8-12 minutes, until golden. Allow to cool, then slice in half (unless you want to leave them large).
5- Assemble the glaze by combining the two ingredients. Add more water if you want it runnier or less if you want it thicker. Drizzle over the bars.
Those look super tasty.
ReplyDeleteI would eat these up so quick. Good for parties!
ReplyDeletegirl - tell me how to follow you on pinterest!!!!
ReplyDeletehere's my account:
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:)