Cranberry Spiral Cookies

Total Time: 57 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
• 1 cup ground walnuts
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup unsalted butter
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 (6 ounce) package dried cranberries
• 1 cup cranberry juice cocktail
• 1 1/2 teaspoons grated peeled gingerroot
• cooking spray
• decorator sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 dough: in bowl, mix flour, walnuts, baking powder and salt.
• 2 in large bowl, beat butter, sugar, honey until fluffy.
• 3 beat in egg and vanilla.
• 4 on low, beat in flour mixture.
• 5 halve; flatten into rectangles; wrap.
• 6 chill 1 hour.
• 7 filling: in saucepan, gently boil first 3 ingredients, stirring, 7 minutes, to reduce liquid to 2 tablespoons cool.
• 8 puree in processor.
• 9 scrape into bowl; chill.
• 10 between 2 sheets waxed paper, roll half of dough into 12x8 1/2" rectangle; remove top sheet.
• 11 spread with half of filling.
• 12 roll up from long side.
• 13 cover; chill several hours.
• 14 repeat with remaining dough and filling.
• 15 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 16 with spray, coat baking sheet (s).
• 17 slice dough 1/4" thick.
• 18 roll edges in decorating sugar, if using.
• 19 place 1" apart on sheet (s).
• 20 bake 12 minutes, until golden.
• 21 cool 3 minutes on sheet (s).
• 22 transfer to racks to cool.
• 23 store airtight up to 2 weeks.