Date and Nut Pin wheels

Name: Date and Nut Pin wheels
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 15 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 250 grams Dates (pitted); 200 grams Mixed Nuts; 225 grams Sultanas; 2 tbsp Maple Syrup (Honey or Agave Syrup can be used as a substitute); 200 grams plain flour; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 30 grams Light Musocvado sugar; 65 grams Butter (salted/unsalted your choise); 1 pinch of salt (do not use if using salted butter); 2 tbsp water (to bring the dough together if needed)

Bobkeogh @cook_2739586

Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland

A happy accident I made the filling as a sweet treat for myself during lent (courtesy of Kevin Dundon)and turned it into a biscuit. Wicked me.

Bobkeogh @cook_2739586

Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland

A happy accident I made the filling as a sweet treat for myself during lent (courtesy of Kevin Dundon)and turned it into a biscuit. Wicked me.

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Ingredients

2 hours

15 servings

Filling
250 gramsDates (pitted)
200 gramsMixed Nuts
225 gramsSultanas
2 tbspMaple Syrup (Honey or Agave Syrup can be used as a substitute)
Biscuit
200 gramsplain flour
1/2 tspbaking powder
30 gramsLight Musocvado sugar
65 gramsButter (salted/unsalted your choise)
1 pinchof salt (do not use if using salted butter)
2 tbspwater (to bring the dough together if needed)

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Steps

2 hours

1

Put the mixed nuts in a food processor and pulse a few times to break them down a bit.
2

Add the Dates, Sultanas and Maple syrup and process until the mix almost balls in the processer. (you know what I mean)
3

Spread the mixture on a baking tray lined with Cling film and place in the fridge for an hour to chill. (a couple of millimeters thick)
4

In the cleaned processer bowl add the flour, baking powder, sugar, butter and salt.
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5. Process the mixture, adding the water as necessary until it just comes to a dough ball.
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6. Remove from the bowl to a flowered surface and knead for a few minutes.
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7. Wrap the biscuit dough if cling film and rest it in the fridge for ½ an hour.
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8. Roll the rested dough on a flowered surface to the same thickness as the date and nut filling.
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9. Place the filling on the dough leaving 1 cm of dough exposed.
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10. Starting at the exposed edge of dough roll the sheet of dough and filling (like a swill roll).
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11. Cut the roll into 1cm slices and place onto a baking tray lines with greaseproof or baking parchment.
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12. Bake for 15/20 minutes at 170ºC (for a fan Oven), or until golden.
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13. Place on a wire rack to cool before you get wicked and eat them all. Hot, hot, hot.