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Baked Chicken Pinwheels



Baked Chicken Pinwheels

Baked pinwheel with chicken filling can be served as a savory appetizer or tea time snack. This recipe has yeast dough,you can substitute it with ready made puff pasty dough.You can be creative and use any kind of filling-vegetables, spinach, tuna or meat stuffing.

 Ingredients
Flour - 1 cup
Yeast - 3/4 tsp
Warm water- 1/3 cup
Salt - a pinch
Sugar- 1 tsp
Egg-1
melted butter- 2 tsp

For the filling
Cooked and shredded chicken-1 cup
Roasted pepper- 1/3 cup
Sun dried tomatoes chopped- 1 tbs
salt and pepper to taste
Garlic powder-  1/2 tsp
Parmesan cheese- 1 tbs
Chopped parsley- 1 tbs



In a wide bowl, mix flour salt, instant yeast and sugar. Now add the milk,melted butter and egg and knead into a smooth and soft dough. Cover with a damp cloth and allow it to proof until doubled in size (40 to one hour).
To make the filling first cook chicken and shred into thin pieces. Add chopped roasted bell pepper, sun dried tomatoes,chopped parsley and rest of the ingredients and mix well. keep this aside till ready to use.
When the dough proofed to double its sized, place on a floured work space and punch the dough and smooth it. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into approximately 12x12 inches square.Spread the  chicken filling leaving an inch on all sides. Lifting the side close to you roll the dough to form a cylindrical shape. Place the seam down and cut the roll into equal slices of about an inch and half. Place the slices on a lined baking sheet.Cover and proof for another 20 minutes.
Pre heat the oven to 350 F. Brush the rolls with butter and bake them until golden brown, around 15 minutes.


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