Chocolate Peanut Whirls
Submitted by mxmcknight
Pinwheel slice-and-bake cookies with a chocolate oat layer swirled around a peanut oat layer. Make the dough ahead, chill overnight, then slice and bake in minutes.
YIELD
60 cookiesPREP
10 minCOOK
20 minREADY
30 minThese pinwheel cookies are a real looker. Two layers of oat dough, one chocolate and one peanut, get rolled up jelly-roll style, chilled, and sliced into rounds that reveal a gorgeous spiral pattern.
The base dough is the same for both halves: butter, sugar, flour, and oats. One half gets melted unsweetened chocolate stirred in, the other gets chopped salted peanuts. Roll them out, stack them, and roll up tight.
Chill the log overnight and you’ve got a make-ahead cookie that’s ready to slice and bake whenever the craving hits. Makes about 60 thin, crispy rounds.
Kitchen Tips
- Roll both dough halves between wax paper to the same size rectangle so they stack evenly
- Remove all the wax paper before stacking and rolling; trapped paper means the log won’t hold together
- Chill for several hours or overnight so the log is firm enough to slice cleanly without squishing
- Cut thin, even slices (about ¼ inch) with a sharp knife for the prettiest pinwheel pattern
- Rotate the log a quarter turn every few slices so the bottom doesn’t flatten from the pressure
Ingredients
Directions
Beat butter and sugar together until creamy.
Blend in egg and vanilla.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Add to creamed mixture; blend well.
Stir in oats.
Divide dough in half.
To one half, add melted chocolate; add peanuts to remaining dough.
Roll out chocolate dough between two sheets of waxed paper to form a 15×10-inch rectangle.
Roll out peanut dough between two sheets of waxed paper to form a 15×10-inch rectangle.
Place peanut dough on top of chocolate dough, removing all waxed paper.
Starting with long side, roll up as for jelly roll.
Wrap in waxed paper and chill several hours or overnight.
Cut into ¼ inch slices.
Place on ungreased cooky sheets.
Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 F.) 10 to 12 minutes.
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