Finnish pinwheels

84 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ pounds Prune -- chopped
½ pounds Dates -- chopped
1 cup Boiling water
3 cups All-purpose flour
1 cup Sugar
2 teaspoons Baking powder
½ teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoons Sugar
1 tablespoon Butter or margarine
1 cup Butter
1 each Egg -- beaten
3 tablespoons Cream
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Directions

FILLING

PASTRY

In a sauce pan, combine prunes, dates, water and sugar. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Remove from the heat and stir in butter. Cool. Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter as for a pie pastry. Blend in egg, cream and vanilla. Form into two balls. Place one ball at a time on a floured board and roll to a ⅛ in, thickness. Cut into 2 in squares. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.

Make 1 in. slits in corners. Place ½ teaspoon filling in the center of each square. Bring every other corner up into center to form a pinwheel and press lightly. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.

bake at 325 deg. for 12 min. or until the points are light golden brown. Yield: about 7 doz.

Recipe By : Country Woman

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