Pinwheel Cookies

Name: Pinwheel Cookies
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 14 min
Yield: 36 servings
Ingredients: [The Dough] 5 cups Flour; [The Dough] 1 pound Oleo (Unsalted Butter); [The Dough] 11 ounces Cream Cheese; [The Filling] 12 ounces Walnuts; [The Filling] 1 cup Sugar; [The Filling] Butter, melted; [The Filling] Vanilla

These cookies are a tradition at Christmas. The old hand written and typed recipes were sometimes titled 'Kolachi'. This was probably due to the filling being similar to traditional Eastern European Kolachi (often spelled kolach, kolá?e, or kolachi) a sweet yeast bread that is rolled with a dense, rich filling, usually made of ground walnuts, poppy seeds, or fruit.

Prep: 60 mins

Cook: 14 mins

By: Family Past

Instructions

Preparation

Bring oleo (butter) and cream cheese to room temperature, blend together. Gradually add flour. Mix by hand. Refrigerate.

Meanwhile mix filling ingredients well.

Assembly

Roll out dough. Cut into circles, then cut 4 slits in each circle.

Place a marble sized piece of filling in the center of each circle.

Fold every other corner into the center, press lightly to seal.

Roll each cookie in granulated sugar.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.