Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 5 C All Purpose Flour
  • 2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1 1/2 C Unsalted Butter
  • 2 C White Sugar
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • Black food coloring
  • Burgundy food coloring

Instruction

  • Cream the soft margarine with the sugar until the combination is smooth not grainy to the touch in a mixing bowl.
  • Add all 4 eggs at one time...Continue to mix.
  • Add the vanilla.. Continue mixing.
  • Sift the four, baking powder, and salt together.
  • Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
  • Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
  • Divide the batter in half. Place batter in two separate bowls.
  • In bowl #1 add the Black gel food coloring. Make sure all of the batter is colored black.
  • In bowl #2 add the Burgundy gel food coloring. Making sure all of the batter is colored burgundy.
  • Remove each of the balls of colored batter from their bowls and wrap tightly in plastic wrap.
  • Refrigerate for at least one hour.
  • Select your main color which will be the outside roll of the pinwheel.
  • Flour 2 cutting boards and rolling pin.
  • Taking the primary color for your pinwheel cookies, toss some flour on it.
  • Using your flour coated rolling pin.. roll out the batter leaving it on the flour coated cutting board.
  • Taking your secondary colored batter, toss some flour on it, using the floured rolling pin roll out the batter.
  • Using a metal spatula to lift out that rolled out batter. Lay that batter on the top of your primary batter.
  • Using the rolling pin roll the two together...Cut away any extra batter.
  • Roll the combined chilled batter into one log.
  • Wrap the log with plastic wrap closing each of the ends.
  • Place in the freezer for about an hour.
  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Take out of the freezer, removing the plastic wrap, cutting the batter into 2 inch pieces, keeping the shape of a circle.
  • Place the cut slices on a parchment paper covered cookie sheet.
  • -Bake at 325 degrees for 13 minutes.
  • Cool.