Orange-Cream Cheese Pastries
- 1 orange
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 3/4 cup whipping cream
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup flaked coconut
- 2 (12-ounce) cans refrigerated flaky biscuits
- Grate 1 tablespoon rind from orange; set rind aside. Squeeze 1/4 cup juice from orange. Combine juice, brown sugar, whipping cream, and 1/2 cup butter in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil 3 minutes. Remove from heat, and let cool slightly. Pour mixture into a greased 13" x 9" x 2" baking dish; sprinkle with pecans. Set aside.
- Combine reserved orange rind, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and 2 tablespoons butter in a small mixing bowl. Beat at medium speed of an electric mixer just until blended. Stir in coconut.
- Separate biscuit dough into 20 pieces. Quickly roll each biscuit on a lightly floured surface to a 4" circle. Spread 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture onto center of each biscuit circle. Roll up, jellyroll fashion. Place biscuits over brown sugar mixture in dish, seam side down, in 2 long rows.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350u0b0 on lowest rack in oven for 32 minutes or until browned. Let cool in dish 5 minutes. Carefully turn pastries out onto a large serving platter. Top with any remaining brown sugar glaze.
- Note: We used Hungry Jack biscuits in this recipe.
orange, brown sugar, whipping cream, butter, pecans, cream cheese, powdered sugar, butter, flaked coconut
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/orange-cream-cheese-pastries (may not work)