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

Shortening

1 cup

White Sugar

2 tbsps

Milk (hot)

1 tsp

Salt

Directions:

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