Cinnamon Sugar Pinwheel Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 cup finely chopped nuts
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 allow cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter to soften, then blend together.
• 2 stir in egg yolk and flour, mix well.
• 3 cover bowl and chill 30 minutes.
• 4 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 5 divide dough in half and roll very thin.
• 6 brush with 2 tbsp melted butter.
• 7 combine cinnamon, sugar and nuts, sprinkle half this mixture over dough.
• 8 roll up like a jelly roll.
• 9 cut roll in 1/2 inch slices and place cut side down on ungreased baking sheet.
• 10 repeat other half.
• 11 bake 15 minutes or till golden brown.
• 12 cool on wire rack, then sprinkle with powdered sugar.