Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies {11th 12 Days Recipe}

These pretty swirled cookies pair that classic holiday combo, chocolate and mint, and the swirled design looks so impressive to guests, without creating too much work for you.  {Food Network's Alton Brown ranks them on the difficulty scale as "intermediate" ~ the trickiest part of the process is rolling out the doughs to the same size...not too tricky!}.  I made these cookies last Christmas and they were gobbled up fast.







Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies

Ingredients
1 batch Sugar Cookies, recipe follows
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
1/2 cup crushed candy canes or peppermint candies

Divide the dough in half; add chocolate and vanilla to one half and incorporate with hands. Add egg yolk, peppermint extract, and crushed candy to other half of dough and incorporate with hands. Cover both with plastic and chill for approximately 5 minutes. Roll out doughs separately to approximately 1/4-inch thickness. Place peppermint dough on top of chocolate and press together around the edges. Using waxed paper or flexible cutting board underneath, roll dough into log. Wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate for 2 hours. 
 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.


Remove dough from the refrigerator and cut into 1/2-inch slices. Place cookies 1-inch apart on greased baking sheet, parchment, or silicone baking mat and bake for 12 to 13 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through cooking time. Remove from oven and let sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes, then move to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.


Sugar Cookies
3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon milk
Powdered sugar, for rolling out dough


Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. Place butter and sugar in large bowl of electric stand mixer and beat until light in color. Add egg and milk and beat to combine. Put mixer on low speed, gradually add flour, and beat until mixture pulls away from the side of the bowl.  Follow directions above.

Yields approx. 3 dozen cookies


xoxo
Bean

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