Chocolate Pinwheels


Make sugar cookies  first using vanilla and then follow the recipe below
to complete.

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Ethel's sugar cookies

3/4 cup shortening (part butter)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon lemon flavoring (or use 1 teaspoon vanilla)
2 1/2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Mix well shortening, sugar, eggs and flavoring.  Measure flour by dip
level method or by sifting.  Blend flour baking powder, and salt; stir
in.  chill at least one hour.  Roll 1/8 inch thick on floured board.
Cut with 3 inch cooky cutter.  Place on ungreased cooky sheet.  Bake at
400 degrees for 6 to 8 minutes.  Make about 4 dozen cookies.
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Make sugar cooky dough using vanilla for flavoring.  Divide dough into 2
parts.  Into one part blend 3 Tablespoons of cocoa (not hot chocolate
mix), 1 Tablespoon of veg. oil. (Or you may use baking chocolate melted
and cooled... 1 - 2 ounces.  I rarely have the baking chocolate, so I
use cocoa and oil for one ounce)   Chill dough.  Roll white dough into
an oblong 12 " by 9".  Roll chocolate dough same size and lay on top of
white.  Roll together until 3/16 " thick.  Roll up tightly beginning at
wide side.  Chill.  Cut 1/8 inch slices.  Bake at 400 degrees 8 to 10
minutes.  Makes 7 dozen cookies.