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Date Pinwheel cookies

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As entertaining season is just around the corner, these beautiful little date & walnut pinwheel cookies are the perfect festive biscuit. Gift them to a friend, bring them to the office or simply serve them with a coffee, mulled wine or as an after-dinner sweet treat.

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Date Pinwheel cookies

Date Pinwheel cookies

agnesgempackfoods-ie
prep time
30 mins
cooking time
10 mins
servings
30
total time
40 mins

Equipment

  • Weighing scales

  • Oven

  • Mixing bowl

  • Rolling pin

  • Spatcula

  • Chopping knife

  • Baking tray

  • Chopping board

  • Saucepan

  • Wooden spoon

Ingredients

  • Biscuit dough:

  • 125g butter

  • 125g Gem icing sugar

  • 1 medium egg

  • Dash vanilla essence

  • 220g Gem plain flour

  • 30g Gem cornflour

  • Date filling:

  • 225g Gem Gourmet Dates

  • 150ml water

  • ½ tsp Gem bread soda

  • 60g Gem caster sugar

  • ½ tsp mixed spice

  • 35g Gem chopped walnuts (optional)

Instructions

1
For the biscuit dough, add the butter, sugar and vanilla to a bowl and mix until well blended.
2
To this add the egg and mix well.
3
Add the plain flour and cornflour, mix to form a soft dough.
4
Wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
5
For the date filling, to a saucepan add the dates, water, sugar, spice and bread soda.
6
Cook over a medium heat for 5-8 minutes or until the dates have cooked to a soft puree consistency. Chill.
7
Once the pastry has rested, on a floured surface, roll into a rectangle ½cm in thickness.
8
Spread on the chilled date puree and sprinkle on the chopped walnuts.
9
From the long side, roll up like a Swiss Roll and chill for 10 minutes.
10
Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan.
11
Slice the chilled biscuit roll into 30 pieces and place 15 on each tray.
12
Bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
13
Once baked, remove and allow to cool before serving.
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