Apple Spiced Swirls.. enjoy 'em with coffee!

photos by Madame Sucre

Apple Spiced Swirls

Adapted from BBC Good Food , adapted from Deeba's Passionate About Baking

Ingredients:

2 tsp pie spice

3 tbsp demerara sugar

4 tbsp soft butter

1 to 2 eating apple , peeled and finely chopped

1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts

350g flour

¼ tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

85g cold butter , cut into cubes

4 tbsp demerera sugar
1/2 cup yogurt

2 tbsp milk

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 tbsp milk, to glaze

photos by Madame Sucre

Method:

Toss chopped apple in lime juice & add raisins & walnuts.

Beat 1 tsp pie spice and 2 tbsp demerara into the butter, then stir in the apple and raisins.

Mix the remaining spices in with the flour.Put the flour mixture, 1 tsp pie spice, salt and baking powder into a food processor, then whizz in the butter until it disappears. Pulse in the sugar, tip into a large bowl, then make a well in the middle.

Warm the yogurt, milk and vanilla together in the microwave for 1 min or in a pan; it should be hot and may well go a bit lumpy-looking.

Tip into the bowl and quickly work into the flour mix using a cutlery knife. As soon as it's all in, stop.Put a flat baking sheet in the oven at 220C. Turn the dough onto a floured surface, then roll to about 40 x 30cm. Spread with the fruity butter, then roll up from the long side, tucking the ends over neatly. Cut into 1" slices. Brush with milk and scatter with 1 tbsp demerara. Flour the baking sheet, then bake for 14 mins until golden and risen.

photos by Madame Sucre