Peppermint Fudge Pinwheels
- 1 14 cups unsalted butter, softened
- 1 12 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups cake flour (all purpose is fine if you don't have cake flour)
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 14 cup cocoa
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 14 cup shortening
- 13 cup milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate or 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 12 teaspoon peppermint extract
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
- Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Mix in flour and salt.
- Remove half the dough, wrap in plastic or wax paper.
- Place in refrigerator to chill.
- Mix cocoa and peppermint extract into the remaining dough.
- Wrap in plastic or wax paper.
- Place in refrigerator to chill with vanilla dough for 1 hour.
- On a lightly floured piece of wax paper, roll vanilla dough into a 13x9 inch rectangle about 3/16 inch thick.
- Carefully lift the wax paper and put it on a cookie sheet.
- Chill in the freezer or fridge for a few minutes.
- Meanwhile, on a lightly floured piece of wax paper roll out the chocolate dough into a 13x8 inch rectangle about 3/16 inch thick.
- Chill for a couple minutes if necessary.
- Place vanilla dough on the counter, carefully flip over the chocolate dough and lay it flat on top of the vanilla dough, leaving about 1/4 inch gap on the right side.
- Peel the wax paper off the chocolate dough.
- Trim edges so that they are smooth and even on all sides.
- Starting from the right side, carefully roll up the dough.
- If it starts to crack, unroll and let warm up for a minute, then continue rolling up tightly into a long roll/log.
- Wrap in plastic or wax paper and refrigerate for 8 hours.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees (F).
- Cut roll into slices about 1/8 inch thick and place each slice on a parchment/silpat lined cookie sheet about 1 inch apart.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes or until they start to brown around the edges.
- Immediately remove from pan and place on cooling rack.
- While the cookies are cooling, make the filling: Melt shortening and chocolate in a small pan over medium-low heat.
- Add in milk, sugar and salt.
- Heat to a rolling boil, stirring occasionally.
- Boil 1 minute without stirring.
- Place pan in a bowl of ice water and beat until frosting is thick.
- Stir in peppermint extract.
- Spread frosting on the inside of a cookie and press another cookie on top to make a sandwich.
unsalted butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, cake flour, salt, cocoa, peppermint, shortening, milk, sugar, bittersweet chocolate, salt, peppermint
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/peppermint-fudge-pinwheels-406325 (may not work)