Spiced Pear & Pomegranate Walnut Pinwheels

Ingredients:

1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
1  8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened

4 TBS butter, softened
1 Wind & Willow Pear & Pomegranate Cheeseball & Dessert Mix

½ cup toasted crushed walnuts

¼ tsp nutmeg

½ tsp cinnamon

1 egg, beaten

Turbinado sugar



Directions:
Mix Pear & Pomegranate mix with cream cheese and butter. Roll puff pastry sheet to about 10” by 16” rectangle.  Spread some of the cream cheese mixture on the puff pastry leaving a ½ inch boarder.  Mix the walnuts, nutmeg and cinnamon together and sprinkle over cream cheese mixture. Roll puff pastry into a log starting with the longer edge. Refrigerate to firm up. Once firm, slice into ½ inch slices. Place on sheet pan 2 inches apart and coat with egg wash. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 mins or until golden brown. 


By Julie Jester of The Cook's Station