Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies
Serves: 5
Rowena Kautzer
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
54
Spice
55
Sweetness
44
Sourness
43
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.2
Difficulty
Ingredients:
1 cup
Shortening1 cup
White Sugar2 tsps
Vanilla Extract1
Egg Yolk2 tbsps
Milk (hot)1.5 cups
All-Purpose Flour (sifted)1 tsp
Baking Powder1 tsp
SaltDirections:
1
Thoroughly cream shortening and sugar and vanilla; blend in egg yolk and 1 tablespoon milk
2
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into creamed mixture
3
Divide dough in half; to one part, add chocolate and 1 tablespoon milk; mix
4
Chill both doughs 1 1/2 hours
5
On waxed paper, roll each half of dough into 10x12 inch rectangle
6
Brush chocolate layer with hot milk; place plain layer atop so its far edge extends beyond chocolate edge
7
Roll as for jelly roll
8
Wrap roll in waxed paper
9
Chill thoroughly
10
Slice thin
11
Bake on greased cookie sheet in moderate oven 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) 8 to 10 minutes
12
Makes 4 to 6 dozen cookies