pinwheel cookies | vanilla-chocolate | eggless cookies

There are vanilla cookies.  There are chocolate cookies.  And then there is a combination of both that merge to become one: pinwheel cookies.

Best of both worlds, ya know?

Pinwheel Cookies Recipe
from Shobha Indani's book Swad Sugandh
yields: about 18-20 small cookies

What you need for pinwheel cookies:

1 cup all-purpose flour

¼ tsp baking powder

¼ tsp salt

½ cup butter, room temperature

½ cup powdered sugar, sift and sweep

¼ tsp vanilla extract

1 Tbsp cocoa powder

How I made these pinwheel cookies:

1.  In small bowl, sift: all-purpose flour + baking powder + salt together

2.  In large bowl: whip: butter + sugar + vanilla extract till light and fluffy.  To this add flour mixture and fold gently with a spatula to make soft dough.

3.  Divide dough in two equal portions.  Add cocoa powder in one of the portions and mix/knead it well until totally combined.

If the dough mixtures feel a little dry and do not seem to form a ball without any cracks, keep adding ½ tsp of milk and knead dough until it is pliable.

4.  On a lightly floured surface, roll out each dough gently in a rectangular shape.  Place one portion on top of the other and roll out further to about ¼ inch thick.

5.  Make a tight roll of this in a jellyroll fashion, wrap it in a butter paper/aluminum foil/cling wrap, and refrigerate for 15 minutes.  You can even leave it in the fridge for 1-2 hours until you are ready to work on it.

6.  Set oven to preheat at 150C (300F).  Removed roll from fridge, cut the roll into ¼ inch thick slices with a sharp knife.  Press them gently between palms and place them in the baking tray.  Bake for 20-25 minutes @ 150C (300F) until light brown.

And if by any chance your eggless cookie dough does not behave, or your pinwheel cookie dough tends to break, just make a ball of the sliced piece by gently rolling between your palms and flatten it.  What you get are GORGEOUS MARBLE COOKIES!  [proof in pictures above and below]

Four great things about these Pinwheel Cookies:

1) crunchy, 2) eggless, 3) pretty, and 4) same dough can be used to make marble cookies!

The next time you are invited for dinner and you want to take something for the hosts - make a batch of these cute eggless pinwheel cookies or beautiful eggless marble cookies.

They are going to be impressed, trust me.

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