Fig Swirls

Name: Fig Swirls
Prep time: 1 d 1 h
Cook time: 1 d 1 h
Total time: 1 d 1 h
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons baking powder; 0 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoons cinnamon; 113 grams cream cheese at room temperature; 1 large egg yolk; 227 grams cup packed soft dried Mission figs , hard tips discarded; 414 milliliters all-purpose flour; 177 milliliters mild honey; 2 Tbsps fresh orange juice; 2 teaspoons grated fresh orange zest; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters stick unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Fig Swirls is a vegetarian hor d'oeuvre. This recipe serves 48. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 63 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 25 hours. A mixture of cream cheese, mission figs, cinnamon, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.

Ingredients you will need

Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Equipment you will use

Whisk

Bowl

Pulse butter, cream cheese, yolk, and vanilla in a food processor until smooth, then add flour mixture and pulse until dough just forms a ball.

Ingredients you will need

Cream Cheese

Vanilla

Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Egg Yolk

Equipment you will use

Food Processor

Halve dough and form each half into a roughly 6- by 2-inch rectangle. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, about 1 1/2 hours.

Ingredients you will need

Dough

Wrap

Equipment you will use

Plastic Wrap

Purée figs, honey, juice, zest, and cinnamon in cleaned food processor until almost smooth.

Ingredients you will need

Cinnamon

Honey

Juice

Figs

Equipment you will use

Food Processor

Roll out 1 piece of dough between 2 sheets of wax paper into a 10- by 8-inch rectangle (about 1/3 inch thick), long side facing you.

Ingredients you will need

Dough

Roll

Equipment you will use

Wax Paper

Remove top sheet of wax paper and gently spread one fourth of fig mixture over bottom half of dough, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Using wax paper as an aid, roll dough, jelly-roll style, halfway, enclosing fig mixture. Flip dough, with wax paper.

Ingredients you will need

Spread

Dough

Jelly

Roll

Figs

Equipment you will use

Wax Paper

Remove paper.

Spread with one third of remaining fig mixture and roll in same manner, to form an S-shaped log. Make another log. Chill logs, wrapped in wax paper, until firm, at least 4 hours.

Ingredients you will need

Spread

Roll

Figs

Equipment you will use

Wax Paper

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F.

Equipment you will use

Oven

Cut logs crosswise into 1/3-inch-thick slices and arrange slices about 2 inches apart on lightly buttered baking sheets.

Equipment you will use

Baking Sheet

Bake until pastry is pale golden, 12 to 15 minutes.

Equipment you will use

Oven

Transfer to racks to cool.

· Unbaked logs can be chilled up to 3 days.· Cookies keep, layered between sheets of wax paper or parchment, in an airtight container at room temperature 1 week.

Ingredients you will need