Coffee, Caramel & Cream

Food is pretty powerful, don't you think?

For example, the second I bite into these cookies, I close my eyes and am transported into my grandmother's kitchen on Christmas Eve. Even though they aren't red and green or shaped like a reindeer, these cookies mean Christmas to me.


                                                    
         
On Christmas Eve, we would be sure to find them greeting us on her kitchen table on a snowman cookie plate. Sometimes she would have them out even before we ate dinner! Cookies as an appetizer? Don't mind if I do.Thanks Grammy  :-)

The pinwheels are such a gentle blend of chocolate and vanilla flavors, perfect with your cup of coffee, tea, or milk.

Ingredients:

• 1  3/4 cup sifted flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 square semi-sweet baking chocolate
• wax paper
• rolling pin

  Directions:

Cream butter and sugar

                                        


Add vanilla and egg, beat well.

In a separate bowl whisk together flour, salt, baking powder.

Slowly incorporate dry ingredients into the butter/sugar/egg mixture.

Blend well.

Place half the dough on a sheet of wax paper. Then place in the refrigerator.

                                    
Melt one square of the baking chocolate in the microwave.

                          

Once melted, blend it in to the remaining dough still in your mixer.