Kitty Cat Rolls (All Curled Up!)
- 280 grams Dough of your choice (use dough that finished its first rising)
- 1 Filling of your choice
- 1 if desired Beaten egg for finishing
- 1 Decorating pen, chocolate decorating pen etc.
- Divide the dough that finished its first rising into 5 pieces (for face).
- Each should be 15 g. Take rest of the dough (for body and tail) and divide them into 5 round shapes.
- Let it rest.
- From the edge of body dough, cut off tail portion.
- Roll out the body dough to a rectangle of about 14 cm long.
- Set the filling on top (the photo shows walnuts and chocolate chips).
- Roll up the dough from the front and seal it.
- Put the dough seam-side down and bend the right edge in a curved side-ways U shape (as shown on the photo).
- Pinch the dough so it doesn't separate.
- Making tails: First make 5 bodies.
- Cover the dough with moistened and tightly wrung out kitchen towel or put them in a plastic container to prevent them from drying out.
- To form a face, roll out dough into a 3-4cm round shape.
- Make 2 deep cuts on the upper part to make ears.
- Use your fingers to stand them up.
- Put face in the middle of the body.
- Press the edge of the face to stick tightly to the body.
- Place them on a baking tray and let rise for a second time using the proof mode of your oven.
- Once its done, preheat the oven.
- If you prefer, apply the egg coating.
- While preheating the oven, I draw a face using a decorating pen with
- Bake them for 12 minutes in the preheated oven at 180C.
- You can also draw a face after it's baked using a chocolate decorating pen.
- Have fun decorating it.
your choice, filling of your choice, decorating pen
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/150022-kitty-cat-rolls-all-curled-up (may not work)