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Cherry Pinwheels

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 36 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup 118ml4% fat cream-style cottage cheese - (no subs
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozAll-purpose flour
1 cup 198g / 7ozButter - (no substitutions)
1/2 cup 31g / 1.1ozCherry preserves
1   Egg white
  Granulated sugar

Recipe Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, combine cottage cheese and flour. Cut in butter. Press dough together and flatten. Divide dough into quarters; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.

On a well-floured surface, roll out 1 piece of dough into a rectangle about 1/16-inch thick. Dough will be sticky. Keep remaining dough refrigerated. With a sharp knife, cut rectangle into 2 1/2-inch squares.

Transfer squares to greased baking sheets.

Make 1-inch diagonal cuts from each corner toward the center of each square. Place 1/4 teaspoon jam in the center.

Fold every other tip to center over the jam to form a pinwheel. Refrigerate 10 minutes.

Lightly brush tops of dough with egg white; sprinkle with sugar.

Bake in a preheated 350F oven 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Let cool.

Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Source:
Taste of Home

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