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Ingredients
| cream cheese: 8 oz (softened) |
| salted butter: 1 cup (softened) |
| granulated sugar: 2 Tbl |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 cups |
| almonds (whole): 1 cup (finely chopped) |
| white chocolate: 3 oz (finely chopped) |
| granulated sugar: 1/4 cup |
| light brown sugar (packed): 1/4 cup (packed) |
| apricot jam: 1/2 cup |
Apricot Almond Spirals
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
100 min -
Cook Time
20 min -
Servings
80 serving(s)
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- Line 2 rimless baking sheets with parchment paper or grease; set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese with the butter until fluffy, then beat in the sugar.
- Stir in the flour in 2 additions to make a soft dough.
- Form the dough into a rectangle and cut into quarters.
- Wrap each and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
- To make the filling, combine the almonds, white chocolate and granulated and brown sugars in a small bowl and set aside.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out each quarter of the dough into a 12" x 8" rectangle.
- Spread each with 2 tablespoons of jam and sprinkle with one-quarter of the nut mixture.
- Starting at the long side, tightly roll up into a log.
- Wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
- Cut each log in 1/2" thick slices.
- Arrange, 1/2" apart, on the prepared pans.
- Bake in the centre of a 350 degree F oven until golden, about 20 minutes.
- Transfer to racks and let cool.