1 cup real butter (no-salt type)
8 oz pkg of Philadelphia cream cheese (or Mascarpone)
2-1/4 cups flour
18 oz apricot preserves on sirup
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup chopped nuts (I prefer pecans)
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup shaved almonds
Cream the flour, butter, and cream cheese into a ball and chill it.
Divide dough into 4 parts. Roll each into a rectangle. Spread
mixture of apricot preserves, shredded coconut, dark brown sugar,
and chopped pecans and roll up as a jelly roll. Brush top with a
tiny bit of the apricot sirup and put shaved almonds on top.
Put on ungreased cookie sheet, and bake for about 45 minutes at
350 °C.
Cool and slice. Serve with a bit of whipped cream or hot out of
the oven with vanilla ice-cream.
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