Cream Cheese Croissants

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces butter, room temperature
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 8 ounces all-purpose flour
• 1 egg white, beaten with
• 1 tablespoon water, for glazing
• granulated sugar, for sprinkling
• 4 ounces finely chopped walnuts
• 4 ounces brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until soft.
• 2 sift in flour and mix until combined.
• 3 gather into a ball; divide dough in half.
• 4 flatten each half, wrap in greaseproof paper and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• 5 meanwhile, make the filling.
• 6 mix together the chopped walnuts, brown sugar and cinnamon.
• 7 set aside.
• 8 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 9 grease 2 baking sheets.
• 10 working with half of the mixture at a time, roll out thinkly into a circle (about 11in diameter).
• 11 trim the edges with a knife using a dinner plate as a guide.
• 12 brush the sufacewith the egg white glaze and then sprinkle evenly with half the filling.
• 13 cut the circle into quarters and each quarter into 4 sections, giving a total of 16 triangles.
• 14 starting from the base of the triangles, roll up to form spirals.
• 15 place on the sheets and brush with the remaining glaze.
• 16 sprinkle tops with granulated sugar.
• 17 bake until golden, 15-20 minutes.
• 18 cool on a rack.