Christmas Recipes
Chocolate-Cherry Pinwheels
Homemade holiday cookies! Who can resist - and why would you want to? Try a favorite chocolate and cherry combo rolled to sweet satisfaction.
Yield: about 4 1/2 dozen cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
- 1/4 cup maraschino cherries, finely chopped and drained on paper towels
- 3 drops red food color
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
Instructions
- In large bowl, beat butter, sugar and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until mooth.
- Beat in flour, baking powder and salt until well blended. Place half of dough in another medium bowl.
- Beat almond extract, cherries and food color into half of dough. Divide cherry dough in half. Wrap each half of cherry dough in plastic wrap; refrigerate about 45 minutes or until firm.
- Beat vanilla extract, milk and cocoa into remaining plain dough. Divide chocolate dough in half. Wrap each half of chocolate dough in plastic wrap; refrigerate about 45 minutes or until firm.
- Place one part of chocolate dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper; roll into 10 x 7-inch rectangle. Repeat with one part of cherry dough.
- Refrigerate both about 30 minutes or until firm.
- Peel top sheets of waxed paper from both doughs.
- Turn cherry dough upside down onto chocolate dough; roll up doughs together, starting at long side, into a log. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate 2 hours.
- Repeat with remaining parts of dough.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cut rolls of dough into 1/4-inch slices with sharp knife. On ungreased cookie sheet, place slices 1 inch apart.
- Bake for 8 to 11 minutes or surface appears dull.
- Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Notes
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Bake 10 to 13 minutes.
Nutrition
Per serving: Calories 70 (Calories from Fat 25); Total Fat 3g (Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 15mg; Sodium 50mg; Total Carbohydrate 10g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 4g); Protein 1g
Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 2%
Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1/2
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
Betty Crocker