Recipe For Cooking Pinwheel Cookies

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Pinwheel Cookies

Posted by FootsieBear at recipegoldmine.com 8/13/2001 5:46 am

1/2 C. vegetable shortening
1/3 C. butter, softened
1 Tbsp. butter, softened
2 egg yolks
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring
1 fudge marble cake mix without pudding

Set aside cocoa packet.

In a lrg. bowl, cream vegetable shortening, 1/3 C. butter, egg yolks and vanilla extract or flavoring. On low speed, gradually mix in cake mix until well blended.

Divide dough in half. To one half of the dough, add 1 Tbsp. butter and the cocoa packet from the cake mix; knead until chocolate colored and thoroughly blended.

Place yellow dough between 2 pieces of wax paper and roll into 18 x 12 x 1/8-in. rectangle. Repeat with chocolate dough.

Remove top piece of wax paper from each piece of dough. Place one rectangle on top of the other and roll up like a jellyroll, beginning with long side. Wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hr..

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray cookie sheets with non-stick spray or line with parchment paper.

Slice dough into 1/8-in. pieces and place one in. apart on cookie sheets. Bake 9 to 11 min. Cool on cookie sheet 5 min. then finish cooling on rack.

Makes approximately 3 1/2 dozen cookies.