Biscuits, Bars And Cookies Recipes - Cream Cheese Spirals

Ingredients

• 225g/1 cup butter, at room temperature

• 225g/1 cup cream cheese

• 10ml/2 tsp caster sugar

• 225g/2 cups plain flour

• 1 egg white, beaten with 15ml/1 tbsp water, for glazing

• caster sugar, for sprinkling

FOR THE FILLING

• 115g/1 cup finely chopped walnuts

• 115g/3/4 cup light brown sugar

• 5ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon

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Method:

1. Cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until soft. Sift over the flour and mix until combined. Gather into a ball and divide in half. Flatten each half, wrap in greaseproof paper and chill for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, mix all the filling ingredients together and set aside.

2. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F. Grease two baking sheets. working with one half of the dough at a time, roll out thinly into a 28cm/11inc circle. Using a dinner plate as a guide, trim the edges with a knife.

3. Brush the surface with the egg white glaze, and then sprinkle evenly with half the filling.

4. Cut the circle into 16 segments. Starting from the base of the triangles, roll up to form spirals.

5. Place on the baking sheets and brush with the remaining glaze. Sprinkle with caster sugar. Bake until golden, about 15-20 minutes. Cool in a wire rack.