cute curly q's - bake with the kids

 I like to bake in the summer. Which is ridiculous because its bloody hot here and heating up the kitchen is the last thing I should probably be doing.  I try to bake things that my girls can help out with.  They are almost 4 and almost 2 so I try to make their tasks simple. There are at least one million crescent roll recipes on pinterest.  Here is my own twist on one of the many sweet treat recipes.

Here are the things you'll need:
crescent rounds (to make them spiral)
all your fillers are up to you

Here are the combos I used:
- cream cheese, cinnamon and sugar
- cream cheese, and blackberry preserves
- butter, peaches, cinnamon and sugar
- nutella and strawberries


Use your imagination and your fridge.
peanut butter and bananas?
apples, butter, cinnamon and sugar?

Just try things out. who knows you may create a masterpiece!

These are remarkably easy. Preheat your oven to 350 F.  Cut any fruit you're going to use into pebble size pieces.

Roll out your crescents. Spread on your butter, cream cheese or nutella and sprinkle on your toppings. 

 (Of course your kids can help you with the sprinkling) Save a little bit of fruit to top the curly cues. Just for looks.

Roll up your crescents into cute curly q's.

Bake for about 13 minutes or until the edges look golden and delicious.

Eat for breakfast lunch and dinner! Oh yeah, don't forget snack time.

Our favorite were the nutella and strawberry curly q's.  The nutty chocolaty sweetness of the nutella and the tartness of the berries melted perfectly into the flakely golden crescent.

Our least favorite (but the most visually appealing) were the cream cheese and blackberry preserves curly q's. They were not quite sweet enough. We used a fruit spread that has no added sweetness. A true preserves would balance with the savory cream cheese much better.

Let me know how it goes and if you find any yummy combos of your own.  Happy hot summer baking!