Carrot-Apricot Swirls

• 200 g carrots
• 150 g apricot jam
• 1 12 tablespoons starch
• 150 g flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 25 g ground almonds
• 25 g sugar
• 4 teaspoons vanilla sugar
• 75 g low-fat small-curd cottage cheese
• 4 tablespoons oil (neutral in taste)
• 3 tablespoons milk

1. Clean the carrots and then grate them coarsely.
2. Put into a pan and add starch and 100g of the jam.
3. Bring to a boil stirring constantly.
4. Simmer for 2 minutes.
5. Add almonds and set aside.
6. Mix flour, baking powder, sugar, vanilla sugar in a bowl.
7. Add curd cheese, oil and milk and knead into a soft dough (using your mixer first and then your hands).
8. Roll out onto a slightly floured surface and roll out into a rectangle.
9. Spread the carrot-jam-mixture onto the dough.
10. Roll up carefully starting from the long side.
11. Cut the roll into 8-10 pieces and place onto a lined baking sheet.
12. Bake at 190C in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes.
13. Heat rest of the jam (50g) and spread onto swirls when coming out of the oven.
14. Serve hot or cold with whipped cream, ice-cream or plain.

carrots, apricot, starch, flour, baking powder, ground almonds, sugar, vanilla sugar, lowfat smallcurd, oil, milk

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/carrot-apricot-swirls-300364 (may not work)