Three Kings Cake
- 2/3 cup skinned hazelnuts, toasted
- 1-1/2 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping
- 1 pkg. (250 g) Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 cup ground almonds
- 3/4 cup icing sugar
- 1/4 cup candied citrus peel
- 1 pkg. (397 g) frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place hazelnuts in food processor; cover.
- Process, using pulsing action, until hazelnuts are finely ground.
- Add whipped topping, cream cheese, almonds, icing sugar and citrus peel; cover.
- Process until well blended.
- Transfer to bowl; cover.
- Refrigerate 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, roll out each block of puff pastry on floured surface to 14-inch square.
- Cut a 30-cm (12-inch) circle in each square; place on baking sheets.
- Discard trimmings.
- Cover pastry circles with plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Spoon hazelnut mixture onto centre of 1 of the pastry circles, carefully spread to 1 inch of edge.
- Brush rim of pastry with egg.
- Cover with remaining pastry circle.
- Press edges together to seal.
- Use a sharp knife or pizza cutter to neatly trim edge of dough.
- Cut hole in top of dough to allow steam to escape.
- Brush dough with remaining egg.
- Bake 35 min.
- or until golden brown.
- Cool completely before cutting into wedges to serve.
hazelnuts, topping, cream cheese, ground almonds, icing sugar, candied citrus, pastry, egg
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/three-kings-cake-107625.aspx (may not work)