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Curly Cues from leftover dough

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Sometimes you just need a little treat – I have been making these for as long as I can remember. They were always something yummy to make with the left over dough from making an apple pie crust. While there are many ways to make a pie crust there is only one way to make these, what I grew up calling Curly Cues. There could be a technical name out there somewhere but we called them curly cues.

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It’s not apple picking season around here just yet so when I am craving a little something sweet, this dough is crazy easy that I make a batch or two and make a tray or two of these, they don’t go bad and I have no idea how they would freeze since the are usually all gone in a day or two. Thankfully I make these a few times a year and not all the time; that would be too dangerous lol.

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Curly Cues

a great way to use up extra dough. Or better yet, use all the dough to make these.
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Ingredients
  

Dough

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ cup cold water

Filling

  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2-3 tablespoons cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat oven 350℉
    Prepare sheet pan - use silpat or cooking spray your sheet pan
  • in a medium bowl add the flour, oil and cold water. Using a fork mix everything until all is combined.
  • On a lightly floured working surface, pour out the dough and using a rolling pin, roll out the dough, your looking for a rectangle shape about a ¼ inch thick.
  • slicing the butter into small pieces, place all around the dough. Sprinkle with the sugar and then the cinnamon. Adjust your filling as needed. If it needs more of one or all three, now is the time to adjust to your liking.
  • Start rolling from the long side and roll until you get a tube. Take a sharp knife and slice pieces about and inch and a half in size. While they do not have to be precise it is nice if they are all uniform in size. So they cook around the same time.
  • Bake for 40-50 minutes, until the dough is cooked through.
  • NOTE: it is best to clean up your sheet pan while it is still a little warm, otherwise you will have to work at it. the sugar and butter become super hard.
  • I doubled the batch which makes what you see in the pictures about 18

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