Those are lovely and delicious Christmas Pinwheel Cookies. These cookies make a great project to do with children, so that they will have a nice plate of cookies to leave for Santa on Christmas eve with a tall glass of milk!
Inspired from 5min.com
Ingredients:
1 cup softened butter
2 cups AP flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated white sugar.
1 LARGE egg.
1 tsp vanilla extract.
1 tsp vanilla extract.
1 tsp baking powder.
1/4 tsp salt
2 TBsp unsweetened cocoa powder.
How To?
1-In large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar together.
2-Add egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
3-Gradually add flour
4-Divide the dough into 2 equal portions; blend cocoa into one portion.
5-Form each portion into a ball..and refregirate for 2 hours, or freeze for 1/2 hour.
6-Place each ball between two sheets of waxed paper lightly dusted with powdered sugar or flour and roll each into a rectangle; carefully layer one color on the other. Starting at long edge, roll into a log.
2 TBsp unsweetened cocoa powder.
How To?
1-In large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar together.
2-Add egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
3-Gradually add flour
4-Divide the dough into 2 equal portions; blend cocoa into one portion.
5-Form each portion into a ball..and refregirate for 2 hours, or freeze for 1/2 hour.
6-Place each ball between two sheets of waxed paper lightly dusted with powdered sugar or flour and roll each into a rectangle; carefully layer one color on the other. Starting at long edge, roll into a log.
those 3 photos are borrowed from finecooking.com
7-Cut your log in half and wrap each portion up in plastic wrap. Refrigerate dough for at least 4 hours, or freeze for 2 hours8-Cut in 1/4-inch slices and place on a greased baking sheet about an inch apart. Bake at 350° for 8 to 10 minutes.
hint..... this is how you can can cut your dough EASILY. use a piece of dental floss.
Biscotti Girandola
Ingredienti:
1 tazza di burro ammorbidito
2 tazze di farina 00 ( Il mulino Chiavazza)
1/2 tazza di zucchero di canna
1/2 tazza di zucchero semolato bianco.
1 uovo grande.
1 cucchiaino di estratto di vaniglia.
1 cucchiaino di lievito in polvere.
1/4 cucchiaino di sale
2 cucchiai di cacao amaro.
1-Con lo sbattitore elettrico, Mescolare il burro con lo zucchero.
2-Aggiungere l'uovo e la vaniglia .
3 Aggiungere poco a poco la farina.
4-A questo punto dividete il composto a metà, in una parte andrete ad aggiungere 2 cuchiai di cacao amaro in polvere . Impastate i due composti separatamente con le mani, velocemente per fare sciogliere il burro e ottenere due impasti lisci e morbidi .
5 schiacciateli leggermente con le mani e copriteli con della pellicola trasparente, dovranno rassodare in frigorifero per almeno un’ora, o congelare per 1/2 ora.Stendere quindi l’impasto bianco e quello nero in due sfoglie rettangolari spesse circa 3 mm.,
6.iniziare ad arrotolare la sfoglia, dal lato più corto. Coprire il rotolo con la pellicola trasparente e lasciatelo raffreddare in frigorifero per un’altra ora.
7-tagliare delle “fette” di 1 cm di spessore con un coltello affilato o con l'aiuto di un filo ( come dimostrato nella foto).
8-Mettete i biscotti così ottenuti sulla carta da forno e infornate a 180°C per circa 15/18 minuti.
2 comments:
I love the idea of using the dental floss to cut the cookie log, no only because I am a dentist loool.. keep it up. love ur blog
yes, it is so easy and kneat.. try it with cinnamon rolls as well ya Doc
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