🇭🇺 Hungarian Cream Stuffed Cannoncini (Krémes Rolled Pastries)

Ingredients

Pastry:

• 1 sheet puff pastry (thawed)
• 1 egg (for egg wash)
• 2 tablespoons sugar (optional, for sprinkling)

Vanilla Cream Filling:

• 2 cups whole milk
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For Serving:

• Powdered sugar

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Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C).
2. Roll out puff pastry slightly and cut into 1-inch strips.
3. Wrap each strip around metal cream horn molds, overlapping slightly.
4. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle lightly with sugar.
5. Bake 15–20 minutes until golden brown. Cool completely, then gently remove molds.

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Cream Filling

1. Heat milk in a saucepan until warm (not boiling).
2. In a bowl, whisk sugar, egg yolks, cornstarch, and flour.
3. Slowly pour warm milk into egg mixture while whisking.
4. Return mixture to saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thick.
5. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla.
6. Cover with plastic wrap touching the surface and cool completely.