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Chocolate Pinwheel

A home-style Chocolate Pinwheel made with Sugar, Milk, Vanilla, Flour, and Baking Powder. Add it to your meal plan and shop the whole list in one go.

Illustrative photo

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup
• 1 tbsp
• 1 tsp
• 1 1/4 cup
• 1/4 tsp
• 1/4 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Mix shortening, sugar and egg together. Stir in milk and vanilla.

2. 2

   Sift remaining dry ingredients together and stir into mixture.

3. 3

   Divide dough into equal parts. Add chocolate and blend until incorporated uniformly. Chill dough.

4. 4

   Roll out white dough into a 9 by 12 inch rectangle.

5. 5

   Roll out the chocolate dough the same size, and lay over the white dough.

6. 6

   Roll the double layer of dough gently until 3/16 of an inch thick.

7. 7

   Roll up tightly, beginning at the wide end, into a roll 12 inches long and 2 inches in diameter.

8. 8

   Chill dough.

9. 9

   Slice 1/8 of an inch thick.

10. 10

    Place slices a bit apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet.

11. 11

    Bake 10 to 12 minutes in a 350 degree oven.