I always admired the pinwheel cookies that other people made but never considered trying it myself. I thought it was just too much work. But wait a minute… I’m the person who has made hundreds of perogies, cabbage rolls and pyrizhky and I can tell you it doesn’t get any pickier than that.
These do take a bit of patience but the satisfaction of having these pretty little delicacies is so worth it! Just take your time and don’t give up if the first ones aren’t perfect… they taste as delicious and because you won’t want to display them on your Christmas cookie plate, you’ll just have to eat them…


Hazelnut and Chocolate Pinwheels
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup toasted ground hazelnuts*
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
Instructions
- Cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and blend well.
- Sift flour with salt and add to the butter mixture--blend well.
- Divide dough into two balls - making one ball about 1/3 cup smaller.
- Mix the hazelnuts with the cocoa and add to the smallest ball of dough. Return to mixer and blend well.
- Divide the white dough and form into two flat rectangular shapes about 8 inches long. Divide chocolate dough and form into two flat rectangular shapes about 8 inches long. Wrap in plastic film and chill for 30 minutes.
- Roll out one piece of the white dough to about a 10 x 8 inch rectangle (rolling it on parchment paper will help to lift it off the counter). Repeat with one chocolate piece.
- Place one piece of rolled out chocolate dough on top of one white one. With a piece of parchment paper on top, roll gently over the top with a rolling pin to help stick the two pieces of dough together.
- Start from the 10 inch edge and roll tightly into a 2 inch diameter log and chill again for 30 minutes.
- Slice into 1/4 inch slices, place on cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 8 - 10 minutes.
Notes
*Toasting hazelnuts adds a richer, nuttier flavour. Spread nuts out on a cookie sheet and toast in the oven at 250 degrees for 10 - 15 minutes--stirring several times. Let cool and then grind.
Enjoy!
my sis used to make these. thanks for the memory!
These look delicious! I’m afraid this is way too complicated for me. Yours look perfect.
Yummy, delicious ! Your first photo is gorgeous. Thank you very much for this wonderful receipt. It comes in the right moment.
Your recipe sounds fantastic BUT…I love how you photograph your food shots….perfection!
I grew up doing refrigerator cookies. (Actually we kept them in the freezer.) But this takes it to a whole new level. Going to have to try it.
I pinned it.
http://pinterest.com/pin/215258057161033399/
I just found your blog. Lovely Posts and stunning pictures. Last but not least your delicious cookies, wish I could taste one. I’ve enjoyed my visit very much and will be your new follower.
Nice to meet you,
B.
Your food photography is brilliant! I’m sure the cookies are excellent too. ;-)
Oh my they look gorgeous I love your photography I’m sure if I tried I would get mixture all over the place…
My grandmother always made pinwheel cookies yet its a cookie that I have never tried myself…I think I might try YOURS this year :)
Thanks for sharing this recipe. Looks like it would be fun to make, and they do look very nice. Lovely photo of them too!
These look amazing! I LOVE hazelnuts! Bring some at Christmas? ;)
Jo
These look amazing, I’ve pinned these, yum!
It’s not as hard as you made it sound and they look great! YUM!
These look pretty and sound yummy! I hope you’ll link this post up to our Holiday Cookie Recipe Swap at http://thedomesticatedprincess.blogspot.com/2012/11/cookie-recipe-exchange-week-3.html.
These look delicious, can I send you my address so you can send me some?
yummy! these look delicious :) thank you.. xxo
How visually beautiful and yummy! I can’t wait to try this as hazelnut “anything” is GOOD!I would love to have you share this with my readers on our Wicked Good Wednesday Blog Party. Here’s the link – http://www.wildernesswife.com/?p=1251
Gorgeous images there, and now I fancy a snack…;)
These look amazing! I think I need to make these for my family this year! What a fun holiday cookie :)
this post is filled with yummy ( and great photos) and it reminds me of when I was a litle girl and I used to make black and white pinwheel cookies with my Mother. thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop.xo
These look so beautiful and sound so yummy.
Thanks so much for linking up at I Gotta Create! <3 Christina
I feature your yummies at Katherines Corner today! xo
I seen your cookies link over at Kathrine’s and had to come check them out! I will be printing this one out and trying them for Christmas! Thanks so much for sharing your really wonderful recipe!
Blessings,
Susie
Looks perfect for my holiday cookie fest! Do you know how many cookies this recipe makes?
Thanks for posting
Thanks so much for sharing! I am going to make these! :)
They look so beautiful, almost too good to eat!
If we don’t like hazelnuts, can they be left out??
Nancy
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You are a STAR today over at I Gotta Create! I’m featuring your beautiful and yummy sounding cookies. Thanks so much for linking up at the party.
<3 Christina
http://igottacreate.blogspot.com/2012/12/10-creative-holiday-decor-ideas.html
I have always admired these pinwheel cookies and I absolutely adore hazelnuts so this ia a win:-)
I love the look of these cookies, and I bet they’re really tasty too!