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about 32 cookies

Making the Cookie dough

(1)With an electric mixer, cream until soft and creamy:
  225grams/8 oz./1 cup butter (soft at room temperature)
225grams/8 oz./1 cup cream cheese (soft at room temperature)
20ml/4 teaspoons granulated sugar

(2)Sift over the flour and mix to form a dough. Make the dough into a ball and divide in half. Wrap each dough with a sheet of plastic and refregirate.

  260 grams/2 cups all-purpose flour

Making the filling

(1)Mix together in a bowl:

 

115 grams/4 oz./1cup walnuts, finely chopped
80 grams/1/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon powder

Rolling the cookies

(1)Roll out each half dough thinly into a round (28cm/11inch) diameter.
 
(2)Brush the surface with the egg white glaze and sprinkle with half the filling. Cut each dough into quarters and then cut each quarter into four sections, which gives a total of 32 triangles.
 

(3)Roll up to form spirals.

 

(4)Place spirals on a lightly greased and floured baking sheet or a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush with egg white. Sprinkle with granulated sugar.

 

(5)Bake for 15~20 minutes at 375F/190C