PINWHEEL ROLLED COOKIES
Cookies and Candies
Ingredients
- about 6 dozen thin cookies
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 squares (2 oz) chocolate
- Divide the dough into two parts, flavoring one with 2 squares (2 oz) of unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled, and leaving the other plain.
- Mamma made these a lot when I was a child. Mary Ann.
Directions
Sift flour; measure; add baking powder and salt; sift again.
Cream shortening; add sugar gradually and continue to beat until light.
Add well-beaten eggs and blend thoroughly.
Add vanilla.
Combine dry ingredients and creamed mixture; mix thoroughly.
Chill.
Roll each as thin as possible; place one sheet on top of the other; then roll up with hands as for a jelly roll.
Chill, slice and bake in hot oven (400°) for 6 to 10 minutes.
Cream shortening; add sugar gradually and continue to beat until light.
Add well-beaten eggs and blend thoroughly.
Add vanilla.
Combine dry ingredients and creamed mixture; mix thoroughly.
Chill.
Roll each as thin as possible; place one sheet on top of the other; then roll up with hands as for a jelly roll.
Chill, slice and bake in hot oven (400°) for 6 to 10 minutes.
Source: PDF page 213
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