Cream Cheese Pinwheels Recipe
- 2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup (3 ounces) cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 egg yolk, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup raspberry jam
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees F and arrange a rack in the middle.
- Combine butter, sugar, and cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix on medium until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Scrape down the bowl sides and bottom.
- Add egg yolk, vanilla, and salt and beat until smooth, about 30 seconds.
- Add flour and mix on low until the dough comes together.
- Place dough in a piping bag fitted with a star tip, squeezing the dough toward the tip of the bag to eliminate air pockets.
- Twist the bag down tightly on the cookie dough and hold the bag at the point where you started the twistthis will be your squeezing hand.
- Use your other hand to guide the tip.
- Hold the bag perpendicular to a baking sheet, aiming the tip where you want the center of the cookie to be.
- Squeezing firmly on the bags end, pipe the cookies by guiding the bag in a counterclockwise spiral out from the cookies center.
- Make only one full rotation, and try to keep the spiral as tight as possible.
- With the end of a wooden spoon, make an indentation about 1/2 inch wide and 1/2 inch deep in the center of each spiral; dip the spoon handle in flour if it sticks to the cookie dough.
- Place the jam in a resealable plastic bag and squeeze it into one corner.
- Cut a 1/4-inch piece off the corner.
- Pipe enough jam into each cookie indentation to fully fill; dont overfill or the jam will run out onto the cookie.
- Bake cookies until the edges are golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Let cookies sit on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a rack to cool.
unsalted butter, sugar, cream cheese, egg yolk, vanilla, salt, flour, raspberry jam
Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/cream-cheese-pinwheels-11955 (may not work)