Pin Wheel Cookies

• 1/2 cup butter soft at room temperature
• Beat butter until cream on a medium speed.

• 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
• Add sugar little by little and continue beating.

• 1 egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• A pinch of salt
• 1/2 tbsp baking powder
•  Add egg yolk, vanilla essence, baking powder and pinch of salt.
• Mix well.

• 1 tbsp milk
• Add milk and mix well.

• 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• Sift the flour into the mixture.
• Mix it until it forms a dough.

• 1 tbsp butter
• In a small bowl place butter and milk and microwave it for 20 minutes.

• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
•  Add the cocoa powder and mix well.
• Add the cocoa mixture and mix it with 1/2 of vanilla mixture.
• Mix with stand mixture until you end up having a small chocolate dough.

• Now we have two types of dough.

• Place 2 sheets of baking paper.

• Place the vanilla dough on one sheet and the chocolate on the other.

• Roll the dough separately into a square, not very thin.

• Place the chocolate square on top of the vanilla square.

• Remove the wax paper on top(that we used to roll the chocolate dough).

• Using a rolling pin, roll the dough to flatten it a bit.

• Gently roll the dough, starting of the edge closet to you, as if you were rolling a carpet.

• Cover the dough tube with baking paper and place it in the fridge for 30 minutes or in the freezer for 15 minutes  before we cut into cookies.

1. Preheat the oven @ 175C for 10 minutes
2. Take the dough ,using a knife cut into 1/4 inch slices of cookies.
3. Bake for 15- 20 minutes, until a golden brown color.

Enjoy Baking

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