Christmas

Date-Nut Pinwheels is for Dessert.

Date-Nut Pinwheels takes 160 minutes to prepare.

Date-Nut Pinwheels takes 12 minutes to cook.

Date-Nut Pinwheels makes 40 servings.

The ingredients for Date-Nut Pinwheels are:

? cup salted butter, softened
? cup shortening
? cup sugar
? cup brown sugar
2 tbsp ground flax seed
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp white wine
1 ? cups all-purpose flour
1 cup spelt flour
1 tsp baking powder
? tsp salt
2 cups dried pitted dates
? cup white wine
? cup chopped walnuts
? cup honey
? tsp rosewater
1 tsp grated orange rind

Here is how you make Date-Nut Pinwheels:

Cream butter, shortening, sugars, flax seed, vanilla and wine.Beat in the flours, baking powder and salt. Place dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper and, using a rolling pin, roll out to make a rectangle about 10 x 12-inches large and ?-inch thick. Place dough in the refrigerator to chill for 30 minutes or until firm.Place dates in a small pot with the white wine. Bring wine to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 8 to 10 minutes, or until dates are soft and the wine is almost completely absorbed.Place dates, walnuts, honey, rosewater and orange rind in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until mixture becomes a thick, sticky paste.Heat oven to 350?F.Remove dough from refrigerator. Remove top sheet of parchment paper, and cut dough in half lengthwise to make two 10 x 6-inch (25 x 15-cm) rectangles.Spread filling mixture generously over each half of the dough leaving a ? -inch (1-cm) border all around.Roll the first piece of dough into a tight log, beginning with the long edge. Repeat with second piece of dough.Use a sharp knife to cut the log into ?? slices.Place cookies on parchment-lined baking sheets and bake, 1 sheet at a time, for 12 minutes. Cool on a rack.Serving Size: Makes ~40Number of Servings: 40Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.

The nutritional information for Date-Nut Pinwheels is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 40
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 106.1

• Total Fat: 3.2 g
• Cholesterol: 3.8 mg
• Sodium: 9.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 18.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.3 g
• Protein: 1.3 g

Date-Nut Pinwheels is Italian cuisine.

The dietary needs meet for Date-Nut Pinwheels is Vegetarian