Cranberry Spiral Cookies

These are very pretty cookies when you add them to a tray full of other cookies at Christmastime.

• Ready In: 57 mins
• Yields: 6 dozen

Ingredients

• Dough

• 2 1⁄2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
• 1  cup ground walnuts
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2⁄3 cup unsalted butter
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1⁄3 cup honey
• 1  large egg
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract

• Filling

• 1 (6 ounce) package dried cranberries
• 1  cup cranberry juice cocktail
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons  grated peeled gingerroot
•  cooking spray
•  white  decorator sugar (optional)

Directions

1. Dough: In bowl, mix flour, walnuts, baking powder and salt.
2. In large bowl, beat butter, sugar, honey until fluffy.
3. Beat in egg and vanilla.
4. On low, beat in flour mixture.
5. Halve; flatten into rectangles; wrap.
6. Chill 1 hour.
7. Filling: In saucepan, gently boil first 3 ingredients, stirring, 7 minutes, to reduce liquid to 2 tablespoons Cool.
8. Puree in processor.
9. Scrape into bowl; chill.
10. Between 2 sheets waxed paper, roll half of dough into 12x8 1/2" rectangle; remove top sheet.
11. Spread with half of filling.
12. Roll up from long side.
13. Cover; chill several hours.
14. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
15. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
16. With spray, coat baking sheet (s).
17. Slice dough 1/4" thick.
18. Roll edges in decorating sugar, if using.
19. Place 1" apart on sheet (s).
20. Bake 12 minutes, until golden.
21. Cool 3 minutes on sheet (s).
22. Transfer to racks to cool.
23. Store airtight up to 2 weeks.