Herbed Cheese Pinwheels

Submitted by Lalaloula

"This is a savoury version of elephant ears. I came up with it when I wanted to bake a simple yet tasty appetiser for my family. The herbs and cheese can be varied to your liking. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do! :) The dough was inspired by this recipe: Recipe #40835"

 

• Ready In: 21mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 10 pinwheels

ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 pinch chili powder
• 2 -3 tablespoons oil
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 40 g cheese, grated

directions

1. In a bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, herbs and chili powder.
2. In another bowl combine milk and 2 tbs of oil. Add to the dry ingredients and mix into a dough. If it is too dry add the 3rd tbs of oil.
3. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead into a soft dough.
4. Either pat it down into a rectangle or roll it out. It should be about 1 cm/0.5 inches thick.
5. Spread with the cheese and roll up starting on the longer end.
6. Slice into 10 slices and place on a paper-lined baking sheet. Pat down gently.
7. Bake in the preheated oven at 200°C/400°F for about 15 minutes.

Reviews

[SarasotaCook]

Made this for the French Forum Herb of the Month, Rosemary 2010. Great little appetizers, snacks. Easy and quick. This would be great with soup. I just made them as a snack for a friend and of course tried a couple. Really nice. I also grated some cheese right over the top for baking. Thx, Kim

 

[CoffeeB]

Tasty little morsels w/a nice savory blend of spices. I did add in almost a t. of garlic powder and also sprinkled some parmesan cheese over top b/f baking. Made for Spice of the month in the french forum - Rosemary.

 

[littlemafia]

Loula,I love this! I'm gonna use them for DDs birthday party. So fast,ingredients always on hand and so tasty! I used a Zaar salt mix. I was thinking to make something similar with puff pastry but these are better as they're low in fat (I've only used 2 T). Can't wait to try it with other flavors.I'm thinking pesto would be nice with it. Thank you for a great snack/appetizer.I got 15.

 

[Sydney Mike]

Made these for my finger food counter this evening but I'm with Pat's suggestion that these would go great with soup on a cold day ~ Very, very nice tasting these are, & we particularly enjoyed the rosemary in them! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe]

 

[I'mPat]

Great little morsels and I can see me making these often especially in winter to go with soup. I needed to the 3rd tablespoon of oil though next time I'll gradually add it as it made the dough a bit too wet. After putting in the oven and cleaning up I had a :oops: momemt when I realized I had used self raising flour so they were a little doughy but tasted great. Thank you Laloula, made for Potluck Tag.