My Signature

Well, my signature dessert, anyway.

Magic Marshmallow Crescent Puffs.

a.k.a. Heaven on Earth.

Like marshmallows?

You'll love these!

Hate marshmallows?

You'll love these!

My mom has some pretty awesome cook books.

When I visit her, I steal borrow them.

My most recent find and instant favorite is Best Recipes: From the backs of Boxes, Bottles, and Jars by Ceil Dyer (1979).

The last recipe in the book is for a dessert that takes 20 minutes from start to finish, and I have yet to find someone who doesn't like it.

I found the recipe online, but the full recipe in the book is classic, so I'm going to type it out for you. You're welcome. :)

Magic Marshmallow Crescent Puffs

These sweet puffs have become a favorite of many. They were the best of the twentieth Pillsbury Bake-Off contest in 1968. The recipe for them has been requested over and over again.

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

2 8-ounce cans Pillsbury Refrigerated Quick Crescent Dinner Rolls

16 large marshmallows

1/4 cup margarine or butter, melted

1/4 cup chopped nuts, if desired

Glaze:

1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 to 3 tsps. milk

1/2 tsp. vanilla

Heat oven to 375F. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Separate crescent dough into 16 triangles. Dip a marshmallow in melted margarine; roll in sugar-cinnnamon mixture. Place marshmallow on shortest side of triangle. Fold corners over marshmallow and roll to opposite side of point, completely covering marshmallow and pinching edges of dough to seal. Dip in melted margarine and place margarine side down in deep muffin cup. Repeat with remaining marshmallows. Place pan on foil or cookie sheet during baking to guard against spillage. Bake at 375F for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from pans.

Glaze:

Combine Glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm rolls. Sprinkle with nuts. Makes 16 rolls.

Note:

To reheat, wrap in foil; heat at 375F for 5 to 10 minutes.

High Altitude:

No change.

Okay, I would have worded the recipe differently, but I love the vintage feel of this one. And you could easily pop some of these babies into the microwave for a few seconds to warm them up. (I do it all the time.) And I love how crescent rolls have dropped the word "quick" from the title. I guess the way we eat these days, 20 minutes is no longer considered "quick".

Here are the photos of the batch I made before Friday night's MNI.

Regular speed crescent puffs :)

Generic marshmallows

No time for a trip to the store- had to swap sugar for powdered sugar and didn't add cinnamon.

It's okay if your muffin pan is prettier than mine.

 

They should be golden when you remove them from the oven.

If you are serving them immediately at home, the glaze topping is uber yummy. If you are bringing these somewhere or giving these as a gift, sprinkle them with powdered sugar and serve warm.

Be sure to enjoy one yourself.

Happy Thursday.