Title: Chocolate Mint Pinwheels
Categories: Cookies
Servings: 42
1 pk NESTLE Toll House mint
-flavored semi-sweet
-chocolate morsels, divided
-3/4 oz; 1 1/2 cups)
3/4 c Butter, softened
1/3 c Sugar
1/2 t Salt
1 Egg
1 t Vanilla extract
2 1/4 c All-purpose flour
Over hot (not boiling) water, melt 1/2 cup Nestle Toll House mint flavored
semi-sweet chocolate morsels, stirring until smooth. Cool to room
temperature; set aside.
In large mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar and salt until creamy. Beat in egg
and vanilla extract (mixture may look curdled). Gradually add flour.
Place 1 cup dough in medium bowl; blend in reserved melted morsels. Shape
each dough into a ball; flatten and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate
until firm, about 1 1/2 hours.
Preheat oven to 375 F. Between sheets of waxed paper, roll each ball of
dough into a 13x9" rectangle. Remove top layers of waxed paper. Invert
chocolate dough onto plain dough. Peel off remaining waxed paper. Starting
with a long side, roll up, jelly-roll style. Cut into 1/4" slices; place
on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 7-10 minutes. Let stand on cookie sheets 2 minutes. Remove from
cookie sheets; cool completely.
Over hot (not boiling) water, melt remaining 1 cup mint flavored
semi-sweet chocolate morsels, stirring until smooth. Spread flat side of
each cookie with slightly rounded 1/2 teaspoonful melted chocolate.
Refrigerate 10 minutes to set chocolate.
