Chicken Pinwheels

A yumlecious savory appetizer or tea time snack, baked with chicken filling. You can be creative and use any kind of filling-vegetables, spinach, tuna or meat stuffing. You can substitute it with ready made puff pasty dough.

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 tsp yeast

1/3 cup warm water

1 large egg

1 tsp sugar

A pinch of salt

2 tsp melted butter

For Filling: -

1 cup cooked and shredded chicken

1 tsp cumin seeds

3 cloves garlic chopped

1" ginger chopped

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp chillie flakes

1/2 jalapeno chopped

2 tbsp chopped cilantro

salt and pepper to taste

In a wide bowl, mix flour salt, instant yeast and sugar. Add the milk, melted butter and egg and knead into a smooth and soft dough. Cover with a damp cloth and allow it to proof until doubled in size (approx. 40 minutes to an hour).

For the filling, cook chicken and shred into thin pieces. Add chopped roasted bell pepper, sun dried tomatoes, chopped parsley, and rest of the ingredients and mix well. keep this aside till ready to use.

When the dough proofed to double its sized, place on a floured workspace and punch the dough and smooth it. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into approximately 12x12 inches square. Spread the chicken filling leaving an inch on all sides. Lifting the side close to you roll the dough to form a cylindrical shape. Place the seam down and cut the roll into equal slices of about an inch and half. Place the slices on a lined baking sheet.Cover and proof for another 20 minutes.

Pre heat the oven to 350 F. Brush the rolls with butter and bake them until golden brown, around 15 minutes.