Well, today is the last day of 2010 (31st. December , 2010) and we have to say farewell to a wonderful year and welcome 2011...Happy New Year to everyone and have a great and safe New Year too....I was really busy this month and finally found some time to rewrite my old cookie recipe ....I had amended the amount of sugar and changed the all purpose flour to whole wheat flour...it is a nice and easy to make recipe but need a little time to prepare the two doughs....one plain and one cocoa....
Healthier Pinwheel Cookies
Ingredients :
24 oz whole wheat flour
6 tbsps Dutch proccessed Callebaut cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
12 oz unsalted soft butter
12 oz icing or confectionery sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Method :
Cream the butter till smooth with a hand mixer then add the icing sugar and stir till blended. Add the whole wheat flour , baking powder and salt to the mixture and cream till incorporated well. Add the vanilla extract and then set aside half of the dough. Add the cocoa powder to half of the dough and knead till it is evenly blended. Divide the chocolate dough into two portions. First pat the vanilla doughs into two 1/2 inch squares and wrap them up with plastic wrap.
Pat the cocoa doughs separately into two 1/2 inch squares and wrap them with plastic wrap. Set the 4 squares in the fridge till firm for at least 1 to 2 hours.
Unwrap one piece of the vanilla dough leaving it on the plastic wrap and roll it into 9 inches by 7 inches rectangle and then roll out the cocoa dough to another 8 inches by 7 inches. Remove the cocoa dough and slide it on top of the vanilla dough and then roll it like a swiss roll or yule log.
Repeat the process with the other two pieces of dough and wrap the logs in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 350 F and line two baking sheet pans with some parchment paper.
Remove the logs from the fridge and slice it into 1/4 inch thick rounds. Arrange them on the baking sheet pans about 1/2 inch apart and bake them for about 14 minutes . The cookies will have a better texture if you do not let their edges brown.