Blueberry Pinwheels

My mom used to make these pinwheels when I was growing up. I always loved them, and now I appreciate how simple they are. I originally posted these a year ago on Vegan Runners, but want to repost them here because I make them all of the time. I am slowly moving my favorite recipes here so I have them all in one place. Believe it or not, this blog is a great resource for me, too and I refer to my own recipes all of the time.

These are made with a basic baking powder biscuit dough wrapped around fresh or frozen blueberries.

Blueberry Pinwheels

Ingredients:

2 cups flour - plus a little more for kneading and rolling out the dough
2 tbsp natural sugar - divided
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
1 tsp vanilla

1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.

Combine the flour, 1 tbsp of the sugar, the baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Whisk to combine. In a measuring cup combine the oil, water, and vinegar. Pour the oil and water mixture into the flour and mix until the dough pulls together.

Sprinkle a clean surface with flour and knead the dough for about a minute. You do not want to over-process this dough because it will toughen up, so just be sure it is all well combined and stop kneading.

Roll out the dough out into a rectangle that is about an inch thick and about 14" by 10". This is not exact, but is just a guideline to give you an idea. Sprinkle the dough with the remaining 1 tbsp of sugar and spread the blueberries out all over the dough as evenly as you can. Roll the dough into a log and cut into 12 pieces. I find it easiest to cut the roll into fourths and then the fourths into thirds. Also, a serrated steak knife is great at cutting the dough without pulling it and also for cutting through the frozen blueberries.

Put the rolls into a muffin tin sprayed with cooking oil and bake for 12 minutes. Let cool to room temperature and enjoy. You can sprinkle another pinch of sugar over the tops at this point if you want to add a little sparkle.


For 12 pinwheels. Nutritional information from caloriecount.about.com

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 56 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories  146 Calories from Fat  57

% Daily Value*

Total Fat  6.3g 10%

Saturated Fat  1.2g 6%

Trans Fat  0.0g

Cholesterol  0mg 0%

Sodium  196mg 8%

Potassium  159mg 5%

Total Carbohydrates  20.3g 7%

Dietary Fiber  0.9g 4%

Sugars  3.3g

Protein  2.2g

Vitamin A 0% • Vitamin C 3% Calcium 6% • Iron 7%

Nutrition Grade C-

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet