Medjool Date Pinwheel Cookies - Fill Your Plate

Ingredients

• - 2 cups, Medjool Dates, pitted
• - 1/3 cup Orange Juice
• - 1 Tablespoon Orange Zest
• - 1 stick Butter, room temp.
• - 4 oz. Cream Cheese, room temp.
• - ½ cup Sugar
• - 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• - 1 extra large Egg Yolk
• - 1 ¾ cup Flour
• - 1 ½ teaspoons Anise Seeds, ground
• - ¼ teaspoon Baking Powder
• - ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
• - ½ teaspoon Salt
• - For topping: ½ cup Turbinado or Demerara Sugar