Great cookies with good chocolate flavor. To slice I used thread - wrap a length of thread around the roll cross the ends and just pull together - it slices the dough really neatly and doesn't squish the cookies out of shape.
good concept. but let me ask you something, if you chill melted chocolate, what happens? oh, it turns into chocolate again. if you make this recipe, please substitute cocoa for the chips. if chips are used, the chocolate layer is far too brittle to roll and bakes too slowly in comparison to the white layer.
I was able to make these perfectly - though they did end up in silly shapes. - i give them a 5
My cookies turned out tasting and looking great. They made for a very nice presentation. I noticed that the dough is perfect to slice when it has been in the fridge for about 20 min.. no more. The chocolate dough starts to harden too much and crack off if chilled too much. I was very happy with the outcome. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Wow! Some people just don't understand that pinwheel cookies are not the easiest things to make... I do think that if you have time, and put some effort into it, these can be the most amazing!
THESE CAME OUT PERFECT AND WAS VERY PRETTY. I PRESENTED THEM ON A PLATTER WITH NEOPOLITAN COOKIES AND THEY ALL SOLD LIKE HOTCAKES! LOOKS A BIT COMPLEX BUT WASN'T. THANK YOU FOR A REAL GOOD KEEPER!:-)))))
I love these cookies. I ate a lot of them before my brother could get to these. The difficult part is getting the two parts even. I prefer to use less chocolate chips to help with the flexibility of the dough. But these always turn out wonderfully.
I am a cookie maker extraordinaire but had never made pinwheels when my granddaughter asked me to make cookies with her. She wanted half vanilla and half chocolate so we started on these. first it took ALL day. Second they were great. the shortbread recipe is perfect. I had the same problems the others here had the vanilla side is too soft and the chocolate is too hard. I think cocoa would remedy this. We also use silicone baking sheets instead of wax paper and this helped a lot. My suggestions are: don't divide the dough exactly in half when you add the chocolate chips you are adding volume so you'll need to separate out a little bit more vanilla so they will come out equal in the end. Don't worry about how they look before you cook them they might not look like perfect pinwheels but cooked they will turn out fine as my picture show.
a good simple cookie that looks everything but simple i am 21 and a "new baker" just married and a two year old daughter i think this cookie will become a new holiday tradition for us thank you.
