Easy, delicious and fun to make, these spiral treats are made with a cream cheese. Cream Cheese Spirals!
Do follow the steps to get best results
- Course: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
- Prep Time: minutes
- Cook Time: minutes
- Total Time: minutes
- Servings: 32 Spirals
MAKES 32
- 225g/8oz/1 cup butter, at room temperature
- 225g/8oz/1 cup cream cheese
- 10ml/2 tablespoon caster (superfine) sugar
- 225g/8oz/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour
- 1 egg white beaten with 15ml/1 tablespoon water, for glazing
- Caster sugar, for sprinkling
- 115g/4oz/1 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 115g/4oz½ cup soft light brown sugar
- 5ml/1 tablespoon ground cinnamon.
STEPS:
- With an electric mixer, 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 baking parchment and chill for at least 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the filling. Mix together the chopped walnuts, the brown sugar and the cinnamon, and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F. Grease two baking sheets.
- Working with one half of the mixture at a time, roll out thinly into a circle about 28cm/11in in diameter. Trim the edges with a knife, using a dinner plate as a guide.
- Brush the surface with the egg white glaze and then sprinkle evenly with half the filling.
- Cut the circle into quarters, and each quarter into four sections, to form 16 triangles.
- Starting from the base of the triangles, roll up to form spirals.
- Place on the sheets and brush with the remaining glaze. Sprinkle with caster sugar. Bake until golden, 15-20 minutes. Cool on a rack.