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Chocolate Orange Pinwheel Cookies

Chocolate and orange collide together to bring you one sensational cookie.
Course Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine All-American
Keyword candied fruit, Chocolate, cookies, Paradise Fruit Co.
Prep Time 12 hours 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 12 hours 40 minutes
Servings 3 dozen
Author Lynn / Turnips 2 Tangerines

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons baking cocoa
  • 1 cup ground candied orange peel

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
    Cream butter; add sugar gradually; beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and baking cocoa. Add to creamed mixture; stir until combined.
  • Roll dough on a sheet of floured waxed paper. Roll into a 12 inch square. Carefully spread ground candied orange peel on dough. Carefully roll up as for jelly roll; wrap in plastic wrap and chill overnight.
  • Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Cut dough into 1/4 inch slices. Place slices, cut side down on lined cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees about 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets and cool on wire rack.

Notes

*To easily grind candied orange rind, use a mini chopper.