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Churro Nutella Christmas Tree is a stunning 5-ingredient centrepiece for your Christmas dessert table!
Churro meets the most popular Christmas dessert this year with this original Cafe Delites creation! Chocolate hazelnut Nutella is baked between two sheets of puff pastry, brushed with melted butter, then sprinkled with cinnamon sugar for the BEST and closest Churro Nutella Christmas Tree without any of the effort of making your own Churro dough, or bursting any piping bags. WIN.
Just like these Nutella Churro Donut Holes, this tree is gonna knock your Nutella lovin’ socks off.
Nutella Christmas Tree
You may have seen these Christmas Tree’s ALL OVER THE INTERNET by now. And if you haven’t? Welcome to the most easiest pastry on planet Earth.
This tree ticks off all the boxes you want on a hectic Christmas morning:
- Easy to make ✓
- Minimal ingredients ✓
- No chilling or rolling dough (or in this case pastry) ✓
- Have fun while you make it ✓
- STRESS FREE! ✓
How To Make A Nutella Puff Pastry Christmas Tree?
EASY!
- Cut out your pastry into a tree shape, careful not to cut through your parchment paper if that’s what you’re using. Lay 2 frozen puff pastry sheets on top of each other and cut through them to get 2 of the same tree. Don’t have them sitting on top of each other for too long though, or they will soften into each other and are extremely difficult to peel apart!
- The MOST crucial step in this recipe is to lay your pastry on parchment paper or a Silpat mat like the one pictured below after you’ve cut out your tree outline (before the branches are cut).
- Take the top pastry off and spread the bottom sheet Nutella.
Ahhhhh, Nutella. The most sinful spread in the universe. If you don’t want to use store bought, you can use this homemade version instead!
Cutting your branches:
- Through lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of trial and error, (I mean, you should see the amount of trees we made, and how BAD they turned out the first TEN TIMES), I can tell you that the thicker you cut your ‘branches’, the better the end result. We preferred ours to be 1-inch wide. YES I measured. And YES OCD. By this stage, your pastry will have started to soften, making cutting so much easier. Just be patient and careful not to rip the pastry when lifting your knife out of these cuts.
- Twist your branches around twice if you can, and lightly press the ends into your baking sheet or mat.
- Make your star with a star-shaped cookie cutter, then sandwich with Nutella, because, Nutella. Place it at the top and BOOM! Christmas Tree.
Once it’s baked and all shiny and golden, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. WOW ’em all!
Serve it with Nutella, so your friends and family can rip off those branches and dunk them right in.
WATCH US MAKE THE Churro Nutella Christmas Tree RIGHT HERE!
More Christmas Desserts!
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Nutella Stuffed Deep Dish Gingerbread Cookie
Nutella Churro Donut Holes
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Churro Nutella Christmas Tree (Pastry Tree)
Ingredients
- 2 puff pastry sheets, semi-frozen
- 2 tablespoons nutella
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter melted
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar or 1 tablespoon sugar mixed with 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat mat.
- Cut out both puff pastry sheets in the shape of a Christmas tree. Evenly spread Nutella on one sheet of pastry. Place the other cut out sheet of puff pastry on top.
- Transfer to baking sheet. Cut slits on both sides spacing them about 1-inch apart (or about 2 cm), leaving the centre intact.
- Twist each strip of pastry twice, pressing the ends into the baking sheet. Cut out two star shapes with the leftover pastry, spread one with Nutella and place the other on top like a sandwich. Place the star on the top of the tree.
- Brush pastry with egg yolk mixed with a little water. Bake for 25-30 minutes at 400°F (200°C) until golden.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes. Lightly brush pastry with the melted butter (you may not use it all), and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I’ve made this before, but not shaped into a tree. Cute. 400° for 20 minutes was too long for our oven. We have some burnt ends, and some frown faces. Will try again.
Try 350 degrees, and check after 15 minutes
Hi Karina,
I love your site and your recipes! I will be making the Churro Nutella Christmas Tree for Christmas this year.
This is an especially great Christmas, because my wife and I will be spending it with my daughter and son-in-law. He is a pilot in the Air Force and we are following them from base to base.
Thank you again for all your recipes and ideas and have a Very Merry Christmas!!!
Hi Karina,
If I don’t have a Silpat mat, can I still put it on baking paper and on a tray?
Hi Mel, absolutely!
Instead of carrying apple pie, we decided to carry this for a Christmas potluck. It was a great success and if your membership increases significantly, we’ll take the credit as we were singing your praises!
Instead if carrying an apple pie (as usual) to a Christmas pot luck, we carried this and it was a great success! If your membership increases significantly, we’ll take the credit! LOL! We were happy to give all of the credit to you;-D
Instead of carrying an apple pie (what we usually do) for a Christmas pot luck, we carried this. It was a great success! Thank you!!
Hello, I wanted to make this but substitute the nutella for a different kind of chocolate spread. Something with chocolate morsels. Is there anything I need to add to the morsels when melting them before I would spread the chocolate on the puff pastry? So that the filling is soft like Nutella.
Hello Mike!
I have heard that you can add heavy cream or light corn syrup to melted chocolate and it will help keep is smooth and spreadable. I have not tried this so please let me know how it turns out for you. Thanks for following along.
You can add a Tablespoon of coconut oil to chocolate chips and melt them. They will be perfect for this.
I can’t find pastry sheets that are the right size. Can I roll smaller sheets together to get the size I need?
Hi Theresa!
Yes, you should be able to use the smaller sheet together. Please let me know how it works out. Thanks for following along with me!! xo
This recipe showed up in Finnish as well, and I made it from that recipe last year. The difference was that this recipe called for dates (stones removed) to be cooked for three minutes then added to the Nutella. I think it’s brilliant! I also sprinkled roughly chopped almonds inside.
Oh Karina. I am so excited to try this – it looks beautiful, and with ingredients like these, how can it not taste beautiful!?
Hey, I have someone who is allergic to cinnamon, can I leave it out or is churros usually made with it?
Churros are usually always made with the cinnamon and sugar mixture. You are welcome to try leaving it out but I am not sure it will taste as sweet as you would like. Thanks for asking and following along with me! XO
Maybe just powered sugar would work
I did see this on a recipe sprinkled with powdered sugar instead of cinnamon sugar.