With several different filling options below, you can have a few different pie crust cookies baked in around 15 to 20 minutes.
Little flakey easy pie crust cookies made with leftover dough is the perfect way to repurpose pie crust deliciously!
Leftover Dough Pie Crust Cookies Steps
- make strips of dough with leftover pie crust: you can use frozen or refrigerated pie crust instead of homemade (recipe in the printable recipe card at the end of this post)
- fill the strips with various fillings with suggestions below and in the recipe card
- after filling, roll up into pinwheels and bake!
Filling Suggestions for Making Pie Crust Cookies
- cinnamon sugar, and nuts
- jam nuts or coconut
- chocolate mini chips any flavored chips or candy bars chopped
- brown sugar and chocolate
- dried fruits with cream cheese spread
- cream cheese and maraschino cherries
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Leftover Pie Crust Pinwheels
Here is what Mom did with leftover pie crust. She would make these flakey cookies that have a variety of fillings. Jam, cinnamon or chocolate!
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 18 MinTotal time: 28 Min
Ingredients
- Cookies with pie crust trimmings (see below for our Pie crust homemade recipe)
- 1/4 cup melted butter to brush on the dough strips
- Traditional Filling:
- 2 Tablespoons white (granulated) or brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Chocolate Filling:
- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- Jam filling: ( make as much as you need for each strip of pie crust)
- 1 or 2 tablespoons of any flavor of jam
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped nuts
- 1 teaspoon shredded coconut
- Homemade pie crust:
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening or unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cold water
- Mix shortening, flour, and salt together pastry blender or use a fork until it looks like coarse crumbs. Add as much water to make a soft dough (you may not need all of it use a little at a time)
- The dough shouldn't be overmixed.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and roll out the dough
- brush with butter on the strips of dough
- you need around 1 teaspoon of filling per strip of dough use more depending on the length you cut.
- these are based on 6-inch strips
- sprinkle the dough with cinnamon and sugar or cocoa and brown sugar version or jam
- roll like a jelly roll
- slice 1/2 inch thick, place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet
- Bake at 350 degrees on a baking sheet for 15 to 18 minutes till the edges are golden brown and the cookies are crisp
Notes
Filling Suggestions for Making Pie Crust Cookies
- cinnamon sugar, and nuts
- jam nuts or coconut
- chocolate mini chips any flavored chips or candy bars chopped
- brown sugar and chocolate
- dried fruits with cream cheese spread
- cream cheese and maraschino cherries
Nutrition Facts
Calories
122Fat (grams)
8 gSat. Fat (grams)
2 gCarbs (grams)
12 gFiber (grams)
0 gNet carbs
11 gSugar (grams)
3 gProtein (grams)
2 gSodium (milligrams)
109 mgCholesterol (grams)
2 mgThe default measuring system for this website is US Customary. Unit conversions are provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. While we strive to provide accurate unit conversions, please be aware that there may be some discrepancies.
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