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Chocolate & Peanut Butter Pinwheels

Cute little pinwheel cookies with peanut butter dough and a chocolate swirl.

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/chocolate-and-peanut-butter-pinwheels • Posted by Cat Morley

These are so simple to make and they look adorable. This recipe makes 3 logs which cut nicely into roughly 12 cookies and you can keep them in your freezer for a few months, slicing and baking whenever you need some fresh cookies... though they're unlikely to last that long!

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

0 h 45

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

These are so simple to make and they look adorable. This recipe makes 3 logs which cut nicely into roughly 12 cookies and you can keep them in your freezer for a few months, slicing and baking whenever you need some fresh cookies... though they're unlikely to last that long!

Instructions

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    Whisk together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

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    Crack in the egg and whisk to combine.

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    Whisk together the flour with the salt and baking soda.

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    Whisk the flour into the dough.

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    Separate the dough into two bowls and mix in the cocoa, water and vanilla into the first batch.

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    Mix the peanut butter into the second batch of dough. Chill both balls of dough in the fridge for half an hour.

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    Separate each flavour of dough into three balls and roll out, onto a piece of parchment paper, to roughly the same size with a rolling pin.

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    Carefully place the chocolate dough on top of the peanut butter dough.

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    Starting at the bottom, carefully lift up the edge and roll into a log. Wrap in the parchment paper and pop in the freezer for an hour. Repeat to make two more logs.

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    Remove the cookie dough from the freezer just before baking and cut into slices.

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    Place on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes at 180'C.

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    Enjoy!