Coconut-Cream Cheese Pinwheels
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- Fine sanding sugar, for sprinkling
- 1/3 cup strawberry jam
- Make dough: Whisk together flour, sugar, and baking powder in a bowl.
- Put butter and cream cheese into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Mix in egg and vanilla.
- Reduce speed to low.
- Add flour mixture, and mix until just combined.
- Divide dough in half, and pat into disks.
- Wrap each piece in plastic, and refrigerate until dough is firm, 1 to 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Line baking sheets with nonstick baking mats (such as Silpats).
- Make filling: Put cream cheese and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until fluffy.
- Fold in coconut and chocolate chips.
- Remove one disk of dough from refrigerator.
- Roll about 1/8 inch thick on a lightly floured surface.
- With a fluted cookie cutter, cut into fifteen 2 1/2-inch squares.
- Transfer to prepared baking sheets, spacing about 1 1/2 inches apart.
- Refrigerate 15 minutes.
- Repeat with remaining dough.
- Place 1 teaspoon filling in center of each square.
- Using a fluted pastry wheel, cut 1-inch slits diagonally from each corner toward the filling.
- Fold every other tip over to cover filling, forming a pinwheel.
- Press lightly to seal.
- Use the tip of your finger to make a well in the top.
- Make glaze: Using a pastry brush, lightly brush tops of pinwheels with beaten egg.
- Sprinkle with sanding sugar.
- Bake 6 minutes.
- Remove and use the lightly floured handle of a wooden spoon to make the well a little deeper.
- Fill each well with about 1/2 teaspoon jam.
- Return to oven, and bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until edges are golden and cookies are slightly puffed, about 6 minutes more.
- Transfer sheets to wire racks; let cool 5 minutes.
- Transfer cookies to rack; let cool completely.
- Cookies can be stored in single layers in airtight containers at room temperature up to 3 days.
flour, sugar, baking powder, unsalted butter, cream cheese, egg, vanilla, cream cheese, granulated sugar, coconut, white chocolate chips, egg, sanding sugar, strawberry jam
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/coconut-cream-cheese-pinwheels-389282 (may not work)