Chocolate Danish Pastry Rolls

Serves:	24
Recipe Type:	Veg.
Calories Per Serving:	1360
Preparation Time:	25 M
Cooking Time:	30 M
Difficulty:	Average

Ingredients:

• For Pastry
• ½ pound Cream Cheese
• 1 cup Butter
• 1 Egg Yolk
• 2 cups All-purpose Flour
  
  For Filling
• 16 tbsp Cocoa Powder
• 8 ounces Chocolate Chips (semi-sweet)
• 1 cup Walnuts (chopped)
  
  For Garnishing
• Powdered Sugar (sifted)

Cooking Instructions:

• Beat butter and cream cheese in a large bowl, using an electric mixer, till the mixture is well blended.
• Add in the egg yolk and beat well.
• Add the flour and continue beating, till the mixture is blended well. Make sure not to over-beat the mixture.
• Place the dough on a floured wax paper and form the dough into a circle.
• Wrap the dough in wax paper and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
• Remove and divide the dough into four balls.
• Roll out each ball into a 10-inch square.
• Mix cocoa powder, chocolate chips and walnuts in a bowl.
• Spread ¼ of the filling over the dough and roll it up to form a 10 x 3 inch roll.
• Repeat with the other 3 dough balls.
• With the seam down, place each roll on a 12 x 16 inch Teflon-coated baking pan.
• Bake in an oven at 350°F for 30 minutes, or till the top of each roll is lightly browned.
• Remove and cool in the pan.
• Cut each roll into slices and sprinkle the tops with sifted powdered sugar.