Tuesday, July 12, 2011

CREAM CHEESE SPIRALS


Ingredients :

Cream cheese : 225g
Butter : 225g
Castor Sugar : 2tsp
All purpose flour : 225g
Egg white : 1, beaten with 1tbsp water, for glazing
Castor Sugar for sprinkling

For the filling :
Walnuts : 115g, Finely chopped
Brown Sugar : 115g
Cinnamon Powder : 3/4tsp


Method : 

1. 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 grease-proof paper and refrigerate for atleast 30minutes.

2. Meanwhile make the filling. Mix together the chopped walnuts, the brown sugar and the cinnamon powder.  Set aside.

3. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Grease to baking sheets.

4. working with one half of the mixture at a time, roll out thinly into a circle about 11inch (28cm) diameter. Trim the edges with a knife, using a dinner plate as a guide.

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

6. Cut the circle into quarters., and each quarter into 4 sections, to form 16 triangles.

7. Starting from the base of the triangles, roll upto form spirals. Place on the sheets and brush with the remaining glaze. Sprinkle with castor sugar. Bake until golden, 15-20 minutes. Cool on a rack.

[Recipe courtesy : "Baking" by Martha Day]

17 comments:

  1. Looks crunchy n delicious ....that filling sounds wonderful

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  2. wow..those spirals sounds nice n yumm..nice snack or starter or a meal for me..he he:)

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  3. REALY LOOKING GOOD IN DESIGE AND DELICIOUS IN EATING.
    DO WRITE ON MY BLOG

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  4. Looks yummy and delicious. Happy to folow you.

    Sara's Corner
    www.simplysara07.blogspot.com

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  5. Spirals look so crunchy and inviting...

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  6. Looks really good,nice tea time snack Lena!

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  7. Scrummy! Those must be so addictive and really delicious.
    US Masala

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  8. This urge me to make some spirals rt away..Bad news , don have cream cheese..Looks lovely..Thanks for ur nice comments..

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  9. Awesome yummy Sprial lena..love to have one :)

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  10. I wanna snack on it now lena...looking just crunchy

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  11. wow..those spirals look so cute and tempting..I really feel like having one right now...

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  12. u have fab recipes..I really loved many of ur recipes...this one is a delight..:)
    Tasty Appetite

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  13. wow, they look so cute n lovely, what a great idea, love it..

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