Lazy Creams Horns Recipe creates a luxurious treat that brings home all the flavors of a traditional cream horn. the crispy pastry shell and the fluffy cream horn filling, without a lot of hard work.
Lazy Cream Horns were just an experiment in the kitchen to recreate cream horn flavor without having baking tubes handy. I could have ordered them online, and maybe one day I will, but for now, I do not own any.
So, it was just natural to try making them in the easiest way possible. Homemade cream horns without a lot of fuss? Sign me up!
It is kind of like a Napoleon pastry, but instead of being filled with whipped cream or pastry cream, it is filled with a cream horn filling.
You can find these at big mega marts all over the country. Those are hit or miss though, they may be fresh and shatter when you bite into it, they may be stale and soggy.
The filling that goes inside of a cream horn is also up for debate. The husband will eat whatever cream is put inside of one, but I had an aunt that would only eat certain fillings. I can’t remember if she preferred the icing type fillings or the fluffier type.
This recipe is somewhere in between. If you like cream horn filling that is more like buttercream, just reduce the amount of marshmallow fluff you use. Try starting with half of the amount listed. Taste it as you go along and add more until you find the perfect balance for you.
You could even just use buttercream icing with more milk or cream added and beaten until fluffy.
If you like a creamier, fluffier filling, add more marshmallow cream. You might want to try 1/4 a cup at a time, tasting after each addition, and just like above, continue adding until it is what you would like it to be.
Since these pastries are cut and filled, you do not have to worry about using a pastry bag and tip. This means you can add all kinds of things to your filling without much trouble. Maybe some fresh chopped strawberries would be good in this!
Other simple-to-make desserts: Cherry Delight, No-Fail Fruit Cobbler, Sopapilla Cheesecake Squares, and Caramel Chocolate Coconut Eclair Cake.
If you have made this recipe, please take a moment to leave a comment and review!
PrintLazy Cream Horns
All the cream horn flavor without all the work! Puff pastry filled with cream horn filling. No baking tubes required.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 12
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 box frozen Puff Pastry with 2 sheets
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- Coarse sugar crystals, I use decorator sugar
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1/2 cup butter flavored solid shortening
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 jar marshmallow fluff, about 7 ounces
Instructions
- Allow puff pastry to come to room temperature for the time stated on the box. Mine says 40 minutes minimum.
- Preheat oven to 400 Degree F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Unwrap puff pastry and place on a lightly floured surface.
- Carefully unfold pastry.
- Cut along the folds of the pastry.
- Cut each third in half, forming rectangles.
- Place rectangles on a baking sheet, allowing at least 1 inch between them.
- Lightly brush each rectangle with beaten egg.
- Sprinkle with coarse sugar.
- Place in preheated oven and cook until pastries are puffed up and lightly browned. About 5 to 7 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
- While pasties are cooling, make the filling.
- Cream together butter and shortening until light and fluffy, this may take up to 5 minutes.
- Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Add vanilla and mix well.
- Add marshmallow fluff and beat until incorporated and light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Slice cooled pastries in half using a serrated knife.
- Spread or pipe filling onto the bottom half of the cut pastry and replace the top.
- These can be stored at room temperature.
Notes
These can be made in smaller pastries by cutting the puff pastry into smaller pieces.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Pastry
- Calories: 516
- Sugar: 27 g
- Sodium: 184 mg
- Fat: 32.45 g
- Saturated Fat: 11.126 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 19.4 g
- Trans Fat: 1.44 g
- Carbohydrates: 53
- Fiber: 0.6 g
- Protein: 3.71 g
- Cholesterol: 34 mg
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Yum!! These look so good!
Thanks for this recipe. I’m definitely going to make them. There’s a bakery I go to half hour drive away just for their mocha horns but they keep going up and up in price. This recipe might be the answer to my dwindling wallet!
Hi Cheryl!
Mocha horns sound delicious! If I lived near you I might spend a little too much time at that bakery!!
I hope you enjoy these as much as we do!
Beth
Wow!!!! These are amazing! I did a little oops when I put one pan on the bottom rack. The bottoms were cooking to fast and tops not done but not a problem. Just took them out and put back in on a lower temperature (on the top rack) and sure enough they puffed up perfectly! These are perfect size for me but next time I will cut them down one more size. More finger size instead of hand size. Lol I was really shocked on how easy and super yummy they were. Thanks so much!!!
Hi Jessica!
Thanks for stopping by and letting us know your results!
I am so happy to hear that you liked the recipe!
Finger size is a great idea!
I made them again today for a cook out with our new neighbors. They turned out perfectly, again. Can’t wait to show these sweet treats off. Again super easy and delicious! Also , I love that they can be stored at room temperature. Thanks again!!!!!!