Crescent Roll Dough Palmiers

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 11 mins

Ingredients

• 4 -6 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
• 2 teaspoons grated lemons, zest of
• 1 (8 ounce) can crescent roll dough (tube)
• 1 egg , beaten lightly

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 f degrees.
• 2 combine 2 tbsp of the sugar and the lemon zest in a small bowl and set aside.
• 3 sprinkle some of the remaining sugar onto a work surface, enough to dust the area well.
• 4 open the dough tube and separate the dough into two rectangular pieces (pressing together any of the triangular perforations so that you have two flat separate rectangles).
• 5 roll out each rectangle separately onto the sugared surface to even out the dough.
• 6 using a pastry brush, paint the beaten egg across both pieces of dough.
• 7 if needed, you may use an additional egg .
• 8 sprinkle the sugar/lemon zest mixture you made earlier evenly over each rectangle.
• 9 starting with one rectangle of dough, roll up the left and right longest sides of the rectangle (jelly-roll stye) into the center, meeting at the center.
• 10 with a sharp knife, cut small slices (about 1/4" thick) from the short edge; the cut pieces of dough, when placed flat, should look like almost like a bowtie- with two coils at either side.
• 11 place cut side down, so they lie flat, onto greased cookie sheets.
• 12 sprinkle lightly with some remaining sugar.
• 13 bake in a preheated 375 f oven for 8-11 minutes or until golden brown.
• 14 cool 1 minute before removing from cookie sheets.
• 15 set on racks to cool completely.