Homemade Nutella Christmas Tree
Oh my gosh...what a delicious treat... plant-based snack to eat around Christmas time. This could be a great vegan Christmas breakfast idea, or mid morning snack. The perfect sweet-sharer for your Christmas festivities! This incredibly simple dish is perfect for breakfast on Christmas morning, nibbles at a party or even a naughty dessert. It takes minutes to prepare and looks arty af. Plus it's a great vegan treat to cook with kids! Enjoy!
Serves
Ingredients
For the recipe
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Before you start
Preheat the oven 200°C | Baking tray lined with parchment paper | Powerful blender
First, make the nutella
- Blend all the homemade nutella ingredients together until smooth and a good consistency
Next, assemble the Christmas tree
- On a baking tray lined with parchment paper, spread the nutella on a sheet of puff pasty to create a Christmas tree shaped triangle about an inch thick - there'll be some leftover but you can use this as a dipping sauce!
- Lay the other sheet of puff pastry on top, press down slightly, then trim the excess pastry off (where there's no nutella)
- Now make even cuts down both sides of the triangle, leaving an inch uncut in the centre, to keep the tree together
- Twist each strip from top to bottom to create tree branches
Bake and enjoy!
- Brush the pastry with the oil so that when it bakes it goes golden brown
- Bake for 20 minutes at 200ºC or until well risen and golden
- Mix the leftover nutella with a bit more nut milk to make the dipping sauce
- Dust the tree with icing sugar and serve with the dipping sauce