Cranberry Rolypoly

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 cups cranberries (fresh or frozen)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup coarsely chopped navel orange, rind included
• 1 stick cinnamon (4 inches)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons butter (3/4 stick)
• 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons melted butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup cranberries (fresh or frozen)
• 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
• orange slice
• fresh mint leaves (optional)
• heavy cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to hot (400 degrees fahrenheit). grease and flour a cookie sheet.
• 2 prepare cranberry sauce:.
• 3 combine cranberries, sugar, orange and cinnamon in saucepan. bring to boiling. lower heat; simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 10 - 15 minutes or until berries have popped and mixture is very thick. cool completely. remove cinnamon.
• 4 meanwhile, prepare dough:.
• 5 sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in medium-size bowl. cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. stir in rind. gradually stir in milk with fork to form soft dough.
• 6 turn dough out onto lightly floured surface. roll out into 14 x 11-inch rectangle. transfer to prepared cookie sheet.
• 7 to fill roll:.
• 8 brush dough with melted butter. sprinkle with 3 tablespoons sugar and the nuts. spread dough with cooled cranberry sauce, leaving 2-inch border all the way around. with a long side of the dough facing you, fold left and right short sided inward to that ends touch edges of cranberry sauce. beginning with long side, roll up jelly-roll fashion. gently seal edges with fingers. turn roll so seam-side is down.
• 9 bake in preheated hot oven (400 degrees fahrenheit) for 25 - 30 minutes or until golden brown. carefully transfer to wire rack to cool.
• 10 prepare garnish:.
• 11 combine the cranberries and corn syrup in a small saucepan. cook over low heat, stirring, util berries just begin to pop, 2 - 3 minutes. cool.
• 12 transfer rolypoly to serving plate. garnish with the cranberries, orange slices and mint leaves, if you wish. serve with heavy cream if you wish.