Raspberry Nut Pinwheels Recipe

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup butter softened

1 cup sugar/splenda

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 cup raspberry (or another flavor) jam

1 cup walnuts or pecans fine chopped

 Directions

Sift together flour and baking powder. Beat together butter, sugar and egg in a large bowl until fluffy. Stir in vanilla. gradually add flour mixture, stirring until well combined. Roll out dough between 2 pieces of wax paper to 12x10 inches rectangle. Remove top piece of wax paper. Spread jam evenly over entire surface of dough. Sprinkle with nuts.Firmly roll up dough from the long side, removing wax paper.

Refrigerate several hours or overnight. When ready to make cookies, PREHEAT oven to375*.

Cut roll into generous 1/4 inch slices with a sharp knife. Put slices on ungreased cookie sheet, spacing 2 inches apart. BAKE for 10 minutes or until golden around edges. Cool on wire rack.