Spelt Coconut Pinwheels

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A spelt chocolate cookie with a cream cheese coconut swirl that's perfect for snacking and gifting. It freezes well and can be made ahead of time and sliced to bake at your leisure.

Chocolate Dough	Filling
220 g Refined spelt flour 25 g Coco powder 150 g Sugar Pinch of salt ½ tsp Baking soda 120 g Butter 1 Egg 1-2 tbsp Milk	100 g Cream cheese 60 g Butter, softened 60 g Sugar ½ tsp Vanilla extract 75 g Coconut flakes 50 g Hazelnuts, ground

1. Combine all the dough ingredients in a mixing bowl. Quickly mix them into a dough. Wrap with a plastic film and chill for 2 hours.
2. Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla extract until combined. Stir in coconut flakes and ground hazelnuts. Store the filling in the fridge until the dough is ready.
3. Place the dough between two sheets of plastic film and roll out to a 20x30cm rectangle. Evenly spread the filling over the dough. Roll the dough up into a log starting at the long side. Wrap the log with a plastic film and chill overnight.
4. Cut the log into 1/2 cm thick slices and place them in baking trays lined with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F. Bake the cookies 8-10 rminutes. Cool on the wire rack.

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