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Fruit Mince Puff Pastry Pinwheels

Published: Dec 22, 2024 · Updated: Dec 22, 2024 Author: Alexandra Cook

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You will love these Fruit Mince Puff Pastry Pinwheels. They are the perfect combination of flaky puff pastry, with a cheesecake-style topping and sweet, spicy fruit mince.  The pastries are delicious and will be an ideal addition to your festive celebrations. Serve them for breakfast, brunch, or dessert. Your friends and family are certain to enjoy them, and you will have the satisfaction of making pastries that look as if they may have come from a good bakery.

Fruit Mince Pinwheels on a bench top, with one sitting on a small white dish.

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  • Why You’ll Love This Recipe:
  • Ingredients and Substitutions:
  • Variations:
  • How To Make Fruit Mince Pinwheels:
  • Tips for Success, Storage and FAQs:
  • Top Tip:
  • Serving Suggestions:
  • More Delicious Recipes For You To Try:
  • Fruit Mince Puff Pastry Pinwheels

Why You’ll Love This Recipe:

  • We simplify the recipe by using one of our favourite staple ingredients, store bought frozen butter puff pastry.
  • The pastries are versatile: serve them for breakfast with your morning coffee, enjoy at a relaxed brunch party or for dessert with a scoop of our No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream.
  • They combine flaky puff pastry with the traditional flavours of Christmas mince pies, making them ideal to serve friends and family over the festive season. 
  • We use our Homemade Fruit Mince in the pastries, but you can use a commercial variety if you prefer.
  • Although the pastries may look “fancy”, they are not difficult to make. We have some photos to show you how to make them.

Recipe Inspiration: we LOVE using our Homemade Fruit Mince in as many ways as possible. Whether it is our Gluten-free Fruit Mince Pies, Christmas Truffles or Fruit Mince Oatmeal Bars, these recipes all perfectly capture the essence of Christmas, and we were inspired to add more to the collection.

Ingredients and Substitutions:

Please see the recipe card further along in the post for exact quantities of ingredients and the full method.

Ingredients in this recipe on a grey background.
  • Puff pastry – for flavour, my preference is butter puff pastry.
  • Cream cheese – we use full fat cream cheese for this recipe.
  • Vanilla extract – ensure that it is made from vanilla beans and has not been synthetically flavoured. 
  • Icing/powdered sugar – we use it to sweeten the cream cheese as it dissolves easily. Also, use it to dust the pastries before serving.
  • Fruit mince – we use our own Homemade Fruit Mince.
  • Egg – we use an egg wash to glaze the pastries.

Variations:

Fruit mince – if you prefer, you can use a commercial mixture. Check that the flavour is to your taste, and add orange zest, juice, or cinnamon if it is necessary.

Demerara sugar – a sprinkle on the pastry before baking adds a delicious crunch.

How To Make Fruit Mince Pinwheels:

Please see the recipe card further along in the post for exact quantities of ingredients and the full method.

Steps 1-2 of preparing this recipe: preparing the cream cheese mixture and starting to cut the pastry from each four corners.

1 – Prepare the cream cheese topping:
In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, vanilla and icing/powdered sugar and mix well. Set aside.

2 – Start to cut the pastry:
Cut a sheet of puff pastry into four squares. Leave the other sheets of pastry in the fridge to remain chilled.

Use a ruler and mark the centre of the pastry square. Use a sharp knife and cut diagonal lines toward the outside corners of the squares.

Steps 3-4 of preparing this recipe: showing the first and second folding of the corners into the centre of the pastry.

3 – Fold in the first corner:
Start folding in the pastry to form the pinwheel.

4 – Repeat with the second and subsequent corners:
Fold every other point toward the centre.

Steps 5-6 of preparing this recipe: one pinwheel completely folder and adding the cream cheese mixture to the pastries.

5 – The folded pastry:
Gently press down to seal the tip of the triangle to the base.

Carefully place the pastry squares onto your baking trays, so they aren’t touching each other.

6 – Top with the cream cheese mixture:
Place cream cheese mixture in the centre of the pastry and make a slight indentation in the centre. 

Steps 7-8 of preparing this recipe: topping the cream cheese with the fruit mince and brushing the pastry with egg wash.

7 – Add the fruit mince:
To the centre of the pastry, add the fruit mince.

8 – Brush with egg wash:
Brush the pastry with the beaten egg and return the baking tray to the fridge to chill while preheating your oven.

Bake until the pastry is golden brown. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

Hint: to get the best rise from the pastry, it must be kept chilled. If it starts to warm up as you are working with it, return it to the fridge as it will become difficult to handle.

Large round white plate on a white cloth, with Fruit Mince Pinwheels on the plate.

Tips for Success, Storage and FAQs:

How long do the Fruit Mince Pinwheels last?

Like many pastry dishes, the pastries are best enjoyed warm from the oven. However, they can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Re-heat the pastries in a 180 degrees C (355 F) oven for about 7 minutes, or until they have crisped up.

Can I freeze the pastries?

The pinwheels freeze very well. Store them in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 2 months. Pastries can be reheated as above.

Can I make another shape?       

You certainly can. You may prefer to shape the pastry as we have used in Apricot and Cream Cheese Puff Pastry or our Easy Mini Plum Tarts.

Can I make the pinwheels gluten-free?

Yes, you can, just use an appropriate pastry. If you are using a commercial fruit mince, check the label to ensure that it is safe to use.

I have some pastry scraps; how can I use them?

The pastry scraps can make a delicious snack, both sweet and savoury! For a sweet version, brush with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. For a savoury version, sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and paprika or cayenne pepper. Bake on a tray lined with baking paper until they are golden. They may be a random shape, but they still taste fantastic!

Top Tip:

Cut the pastry squares and place them on your baking tray. This is much easier than trying to move the pastries to the tray once you have assembled them.

Stack of Fruit Mince Pinwheels, dusted with powdered sugar.

Serving Suggestions:

These Fruit Mince Pinwheels are especially appropriate for the festive season. Some of the ways to enjoy them are:

  • For morning or afternoon tea – they are perfect with a cup of tea or coffee!
  • As a great addition to a brunch party.
  • With our Christmas Fruit Mince Ice Cream.
  • As a lovely edible gift.

I am sure these Fruit Mince Puff Pastry Pinwheels will be as popular in your home as they are in mine! Be sure to let me know in the comments below when you have given them a try.

Alex xx

More Delicious Recipes For You To Try:

  • Stack of three pieces of Fruit Mince Oatmeal Bars sitting on a marble benchtop.
    Fruit Mince Oatmeal Bars
  • Four scoops of Fruit Mince Ice Cream in a glass bowl, sitting on a small white plate, with a silver spoon on the edge.
    Christmas Fruit Mince Ice Cream (No-Churn)
  • Mince pies dusted with icing sugar on a bench.
    Gluten-Free Fruit Mince Pies
  • Christmas Fruit Mince Truffles on a marble board, with one sitting on a small round dish.
    Christmas Fruit Mince Truffles

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Fruit Mince Pinwheels on a bench top, with one sitting on a small white dish.

Fruit Mince Puff Pastry Pinwheels

You will love these Fruit Mince Puff Pastry Pinwheels. They are the perfect combination of flaky puff pastry, with a cheesecake-style topping and sweet, spicy fruit mince.  The pastries are delicious and will be an ideal addition to your festive celebrations. Serve them for breakfast, brunch, or dessert. Your friends and family are certain to enjoy them, and you will have the satisfaction of making pastries that look as if they may have come from a good bakery.
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Course: Afternoon Tea, Dessert, Morning Tea
Cuisine: International
Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
Cooling Time: 5 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 12 pinwheels
Calories: 386kcal
Author: Alexandra Cook – It’s Not Complicated Recipes

Please note:

For accuracy, when weights are provided, we recommend weighing your ingredients. This will produce the best results. All oven temperatures listed are for fan forced.

Ingredients

  • 3 sheets butter puff pastry – ready rolled. Mine measured 24 cm (9.5 inches) square
  • 120 g (4 oz) cream cheese – full fat
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ tablespoon icing/powdered sugar See Note 1
  • ½ cup fruit mince – I use homemade, but store bought is fine. See Note 2
  • 1 egg – lightly whisked
  • icing/powdered sugar – for dusting

Instructions

  • You will need to bake the pastries in batches. I could only fit 4 pastries on my baking trays.
    Line the baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
  • Remove the pastry from the freezer and defrost. Keep the sheets that you are not using in the fridge, the pastry must be kept cool.
  • In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, vanilla and icing/powdered sugar and mix well. Set aside.
  • Cut each sheet of puff pastry into four, so you have 12 x 12cm (4 ¾ inch) squares. Depending on the size of your pastry, this may vary slightly. I use a metal ruler to measure. It is easier to work with one sheet of pastry at a time, so the others remain chilled.
  • Place a ruler or wooden spoon with a straight handle, on the diagonal, and mark the centre of the pastry square.
    Starting 2 cm (¾ inch) from the centre, use a sharp knife and cut diagonal lines toward the outside corners of the squares. See our process shots in the blog post for how to cut and fold the pastries.
    If the pastry becomes warm at any stage, it will be difficult to handle and will need to be refrigerated until the pastry firms up.
  • Fold every other point toward the centre and gently press down to seal the tip of the triangle to the base.
    Carefully place the pastry squares onto your baking trays, so they aren’t touching each other, as it is easier to assemble them on the tray.
  • Place about 2 teaspoons of the cream mixture in the centre of the pastry and use a blunt nose knife or the back of a teaspoon to shape a circle about 4 cm (1.5 inches) diameter with a slight indentation in the centre. 
  • Add 1 ½ teaspoons of the fruit mince to the centre.
    Brush the pastry with beaten egg and return the baking tray to the fridge to chill while preheating the oven to 200 degrees C (390 F).
  • Bake for about 10–12 minutes until the pastry is golden brown and cooked through.
    Cool 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
    Dust with icing/powdered sugar to serve.

Notes

  1. Tablespoon: we use a standard Australian tablespoon which is 20 ml (4 teaspoons). For readers located elsewhere in the world, please use 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon for each tablespoon listed.
  2. Fruit mince meat: we use our Homemade Fruit Mince, but if you prefer, you can use a commercial mixture. Check that the flavour is to your taste, and add orange zest, juice, or cinnamon if it is necessary. This is one of the few occasions where a volume measurement is more accurate than weight.
  3. Storage: store them in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Re-heat the pastries in a 180 degrees C (355 F) oven for about 7 minutes, or until they have crisped up.
  4. Freezing: the pinwheels freeze very well. Store them in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 2 months. Separate the layers with non-stick baking paper. Reheat as above.
Made this recipe? We’d be so grateful if you could leave a comment and rating at the bottom of the page!

Nutrition Estimate:

Calories: 386kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 280mg | Potassium: 71mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 2mg
Nutritional Disclaimer:

The nutritional information is an estimate only, and is derived from online calculators. For accurate results, we recommend calculating the nutritional information based on the ingredients and brands you use.

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