Rum Glazed Cookie Cream Buns, #SundaySupper

NinjaBaker — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 08:02:00 +0000

Drunk on the joys of the season, I created Rum Glazed Cookie Cream Buns. Doughnut textured buns stuffed with cookie cream, smothered with rum glaze and topped with Japanese cookie crumbles, Rum Glazed Cookie Cream Buns are this Ninja Baker’s celebration of Christmastime dessert!

Japanese sables garnish Pillsbury Bake-Off inspired cookie cream buns glazed with rum icing.
The Japanese butter sable cookie package reads, "The parent-child snack for Mama and me."
Indeed, the cookie has delighted generations of children...including this Ninja Baker and her nieces and nephews!

The recipe is adapted from Pillsbury Bake-Off finalist, Megan Beimer’s Chocolate Doughnut Poppers. Her beauties are crammed with Nutella (hazelnut chocolate cream) glazed with vanilla icing and sprinkled with nuts. As a plate of cookies and a goblet of rum were set forth for Santa every Christmas Eve in our Tokyo home, rum glaze replaced vanilla flavored icing and cookie cream took the place of chocolate Nutella. (Carrot sticks were also prepared for Rudolph and the reindeer gang.) What traditions continue to delight you during the Christmas / Hanukah holidays?

Marriage brings the blessing of two traditions becoming one...David and me on the day of his proposal.

Cookies and rum are a familiar tradition for this Ninja Baker. However, cookie cream was a first. Have you tried the stuff? It tastes exactly like butter cookies but in peanut butter form! Decadent and rich, a teaspoonful goes a long way. Combined with the doughnutty rum-spiked pastry, the cookie cream buns are small but mighty Christmas presents!

Cookie cream inside and Japanese sable cookies are crumbled
on top of this rum spiked glazed sweet!

Besides the heady pleasure of doughnutty rum-spiked cookie cream buns, the true gifts of the season are the smiles and the good feelings, which accompany the holidays. Christmas and Hanukah creativity are at an apex, too. Homes and stores are adorned with strands of lights, stars, wreaths frosted in blue-and-white or red-and-green. The season seems to foster generosity and remembrances of what is right in the world. Do You Hear What I Hear? “A child, a child sleeping in the night will bring us goodness and Light.”

Rum Glazed Cookie Cream Buns

We have Megan Beimer, wife of a US Marine and Pillsbury Bake-Off's finalist, to thank for Rum Glazed Cookie Cream Buns which were inspired by her winning Chocolate Doughnut Poppers. Megan's recipe calls for sheets of seamless refrigerated dough and states that crescent rolls are a fine substitute.

Ninja Note: To avoid cookie cream oozing out of thin dough, blend the lines of the perforated crescent dough together well.

Ingredients:

For the cookie cream buns:
1 can refrigerated crescent rolls
12 rounded teaspoons of cookie cream
2 tablespoons melted butter

For the glaze:
½ cup powdered sugar
4 teaspoons rum

For the garnish:
6 or more of your favorite cookies

Directions:

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. Place parchment paper on cookie sheets.

Unfurl refrigerated crescent rolls onto lightly floured wax paper atop a cutting board. (Or other flat sturdy surface.)

Pinch the perforated seams together.

Divide the dough into 12 rectangles with a pizza cutter.

Paint the edges of the rectangles with melted butter.

Drop a rounded teaspoonful of cookie cream into the middles.

Fold the edges to form a ball. Secure well to ensure no cookie cream seepage.

Place the balls, seam side down onto the cookie sheets.

Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Cool.

Whisk together the glaze ingredients.

Dip the cookie cream buns into the icing. Garnish with the crumbs of your favorite cookies.
(Pulse 6 or more of your favorite cookies in a food processor. OR place the cookies into a plastic bag and use a roller to crush the yummies into crumbs.)

Keeping everyone in good spirits with their dishes and desserts are the hosts of today's #SundaySupper are Alice of A Mama, Baby & Shar-pei in the Kitchen and DB (aka Foodie Stuntman) of Crazy Foodie Stunts. They've also compiled a list of creative use of treats with alcohol. For your invite to the #SundaySupper at Twitter, please scroll down.

Libations

Big Easy Milk Punch by The Weekend Gourmet
Blue Sparkling Star Cocktail by Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
Boozy Iced Spanish Coffee by Nosh My Way
Campari Mint Spritzer by eating in instead
Cranberry Moscow Mule by Ruffles & Truffles
Creamy, Loaded Eggnog by La Bella Vita Cucina
Malibu Breeze by Peanut Butter and Peppers
Merry Berry Spritz by Amee's Savory Dish
Minty Lime Rum by A Mama, Baby & Shar-pei in the Kitchen
Pomegranate Panache by Jane's Adventures in Dinner
Rhubarb Fool Cocktail by Food Lust People Love
Southern Pomegranate Sparkler by Noshing With The Nolands
Sparkling Pomegranate Berry Punch by Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch
Vanilla Bailey's With A Twist by Momma's Meals

Savory and Sweet Libational Dishes

Apple Bourbon Pulled Pork Sliders by Curious Cuisiniere
Beerberry Pancakes by Brunch with Joy
Beet Relish by What Smells So Good?
Belgian Beef Stew with Belgian Ale by Cooking On The Ranch
Brandied Triple Cheese Ball by Magnolia Days
Champagne Chicken by Cindy's Recipes and Writings
Cornish Game Hens with Sausage Red Wine Sauce over Polenta by The Texan New Yorker
Craft Beer Jelly by Nik Snacks
Eggnog Dutch Baby Pancakes with Cranberries by The Wimpy Vegetarian
Hot Buttered Rum Balls by Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen
Lentil Soup with Wine Braised Shallots by Pancake Warriors
Red Wine Braised Short Ribs by Cooking Chat

Libational Desserts

Amaretto Coconut Biscotti with Amaretto Salted Caramel Drizzle by Kudos Kitchen by Renee
Amaretto Cranberry Swirled Cheesecake by The Life and Loves of Grumpy's Honeybunch
Baked Pears with a Warm Tequila-Citrus Espuma by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
Bourbon Cranberry Compote by Pies and Plots
Caramelized Banana Upside-Down Rum Cake by Wallflour Girl
Chocolate Stout Beer Brownies by The Perfect Brownie
Dumante Frozen Espresso Creams by Seduction in the Kitchen
Honey Chamomile Hot Toddy Tea Cake by The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
Kahlua Bundt Cake by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
Red Wine Poached Pears with Ricotta and Balsamic Glaze by Crazy Foodie Stunts
Rum Glazed Cookie Cream Buns by NinjaBaker
Tiramisu Biscotti by The Redhead Baker

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Wishing you myriads of reasons to be of good cheer.

The Ninja Baker

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Rum Glazed Cookie Cream Buns, #SundaySupper