Description
Delightful gingerbread men filled with warm Nutella, wrapped in flaky puff pastry—perfect for cozy baking moments.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 sheet ready-rolled puff pastry (thawed if frozen)
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup Nutella or chocolate-hazelnut spread
- 1 small egg (for egg wash)
- 1 teaspoon milk or water (to thin egg wash)
- Granulated sugar (optional, for sprinkling)
- Icing sugar (optional, for dusting)
- Chopped hazelnuts or toasted almonds (optional)
- Mini chocolate chips (optional)
- A pinch of ground cinnamon or espresso powder (optional)
- Melted dark chocolate (optional, for drizzling)
Instructions
- Prep and chill puff pastry for 5–10 minutes and preheat oven according to package instructions.
- Lightly flour the work surface and roll out the pastry gently to about 1/8-inch thick.
- Cut out shapes using gingerbread-man cookie cutters, ensuring you have an even number.
- Transfer half the cutouts to a baking sheet and fill the others with a small spoonful of Nutella.
- Whisk the egg with milk or water and brush the edges of the filled cutouts with the egg wash.
- Seal using unfilled cutouts on top and crimp edges for decoration.
- Brush the tops of the sealed pastries with egg wash and sprinkle with sugar if desired.
- Make small slits on the back of each gingerbread man for venting.
- Chill pastries briefly if the kitchen is warm, then bake in the preheated oven until golden brown (12–18 minutes).
- Cool slightly before dusting with icing sugar and serve warm.
Notes
Best eaten the same day; can be frozen before baking for up to 1 month.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pastry
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
Keywords: Nutella, puff pastry, gingerbread men, holiday baking, desserts