Another one of the cookies I made this year was chocolate mint pinwheels - these are really tasty! I got the recipe from Better Homes and Gardens Cookies Cookies Cookies.
If you're a fan of chocolate and mint, you'll definitely like these.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp. milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. peppermint extract
- green food coloring (I used the Wilton's gel (paste) kind.)
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Yield: 48 cookies
Beat the butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium speed until the butter is softened (about 30 seconds).
Add the sugar and beat until fluffy.
Add the egg, milk, and vanilla extract.
Beat until thoroughly combined, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally. Divide the mixture in half and place one half in a separate bowl.
Add 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/4 tsp. baking powder, 1/8 tsp. salt, the peppermint extract, and the green food coloring to the half of the shortening mixture you took out.
Stir together until combined.
Add 1 1/4 cups flour, 1/4 tsp. baking powder, 1/8 tsp. salt, and the unsweetened cocoa powder into the remaining half of the shortening mixture.
Mix well.
Place each mixture between 2 sheets of wax paper.
Using a rolling pin, roll each mixture into a 12x11 inch rectangle.
Peel off the top sheet of wax paper off of each rectangle and flip the green dough on top of the chocolate dough.
From one of the 12-inch sides, roll the dough up.
Wrap the 12-inch roll of dough in wax paper.
Chill for at least 4 hours (I did it overnight).
Cut the dough into 1/4 inch-thick slices and place the cookies on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 13 minutes at 375ºF or until the edges are firm and the bottoms are lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.
Those came out great! They look tasty.
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