Chocolate Vanilla Pinwheel Cookies

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ByJessica Lieb

My husband loves these cookies, they are probably one of his cookies. His mom’s fruit cake cookies are his all-time favorite. His mother has made these cookies for years and several years ago she gave me her cookie recipes so I could make them too.

One thing to note about this recipe is the cookies aren’t super sweet. If you’re looking for a really sweet chocolate cookie, this is not the one, but they have a great flavor and texture.

Originally this recipe was a checkerboard cookie recipe but who has time to make checkerboard cookies they’ve been adapted to pinwheel cookies. Sometimes I even make them into marbled cookies, which is even less work. Either way you make them they look impressive and are great to bring to a party or give as a gift to friends.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Directions

  • Beat butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl until well combined.
  • On low speed gradually beat in flour just until well blended
  • Remove half of the dough to a sheet of waxed paper.
  • Add cocoa powder to the remaining half of the dough and mix until well combined.
  • Roll out each dough between two pieces of wax paper until flat and rectangular.
  • Chill dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  • Remove the wax paper and place the cocoa dough on top of the vanilla dough. Trim off the excess dough that doesn’t match up. (I like to add the extras all together and create marbled cookies)
  • Tightly roll dough in a jelly-roll style, wrap it in plastic wrap
  • Refrigerate dough for 2 hours
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Slice dough into 1/4 inch cookies and place on a lined cookie sheet
  • Bake for 10 – 12 minutes until set. Remove to wire racks to cool.
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Chocolate Vanilla Pinwheel Cookies

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions

  1. Beat together butter, sugar, vanilla and salt in a large bowl until well combined.
  2. On low speed gradually beat in flour just until well blended
  3. Remove half of the dough to a sheet of waxed paper.
  4. Add cocoa powder to the remaining half of dough and mix until well combined.
  5. Roll out each dough between two pieces of wax paper until flat and rectangular.
  6. Chill dough in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  7. Remove wax paper and place the cocoa dough on top of the vanilla dough. Trim off excess dough that doesn’t match up. (I like to add the extras all together and create marbled cookies)
  8. Tightly roll dough in a jelly-roll style, wrap in plastic wrap
  9. Refrigerate dough for 2 hours
  10. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  11. Slice dough into 1/4 inch cookies and place on lined cookie sheet
  12. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes until set. Remove to wire racks to cool.
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Jessica is an experienced NC-based travel agent who specializes in family travel. She helps families plan memorable trips to Disney, Universal, All-Inclusive Resorts, Cruises, and International trips. She is responsible for B Honest Media’s editorial direction and growth. She has covered parenting for over 13 years, focusing on product reviews and recommendations, travel, and parenting tips.

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