Cookie Pinwheels

== Ingredients ==
=== Pastry ===
* 1 cup butter, softened
* 8 oz cream cheese, softened
* ¼ cup dairy sour cream
* 2¼ cup all-purpose flour, sifted
* ½ tsp salt
=== Filling ===
* 2 cup walnuts, finely ground
* ½ cup sugar
* 1 tsp ground cinnamon
* 1 egg
* 1 tsp orange rind, grated
== Directions ==
=== Pastry ===
# Beat butter and cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy.
# Beat in sour cream.
# Stir in flour and salt until firm dough forms.
# Add more flour if necessary.
# Divide dough in half.
# Flatten each half into a 4" square.
# Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
=== Filling ===
# When dough is ready, prepare filling: combine nuts, sugar, cinnamon, egg and orange rind in a small bowl.
# Roll out half of pastry on a floured surface to a 9" square about ¼" thick.
# Spread ¾ cup of the filling evenly over pastry.
# Roll up jelly-roll style.
# Wrap in foil.
# Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
# Repeat with remaining pastry and filling.
# Preheat oven to moderate (350°F).
# Lightly grease 2 large cookie sheets.
# Cut rolls with a serrated knife into ¼" thick slices.
# Place ½" apart on cookie sheets.
# Reshape into rounds, if necessary.
# Bake in a preheated moderate oven (350°F) for 15 – 20 minutes or until firm and golden brown.
# Cool on cookie sheets 10 minutes.
# Remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
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Category:Christmas cookie Recipes
Category:Cream cheese Recipes
Category:Egg Recipes
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Category:Sour cream Recipes
Category:Walnut Recipes
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