Cream Cheese Spiral with Almond

I found this recipe from one of my cooking books. I fell in love with the look, so I decided to give it a try. It does taste good, I will start trying similar recipes.

Ingredients:

Dough: 4oz (225 gram) room temperature butter, 4oz (225 gram) room temperature cream cheese, 8oz (225 gram) all-purpose flour, 1 tbsp sugar.

Filling and Topping: 1 egg white, 4oz (225 gram) finely chopped almond, 2oz (60 gram) light brown sugar, 1 tsb ground cinnamon, 2 tsb honey.

Method:

1. Beat butter， cream cheese and sugar until soft.

2. Sift over flour and conbine into a ball.

3. Divide Ball into two equal pieces, wrap with plastic wrap, refrigerate at least 30 minutes.

4. Mix almond, brown sugar and cinnamon, set aside.

5. Mix egg white with honey and 1 tbsp water, beat well.

6. Preheat oven to 390 degree.

7. Roll each dough into a 11-inch-circle, brush with egg white mixture, then sprinkle with almond mixture.

Leave a little bit egg white mixture and almond mixture for future use.

8. Cut circle into quarters, then cut each quarter into 4 sections, to form 16 triangles.

9. Roll each triangle into a spiral.

10. Brush spiral with left over egg white mixture, then sprinkle with almond mixture.

11. Bake 15-20 minutes for until lightly golden brown, transfer to cooling rack to cool.

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