Snickerdoodle Pinwheels

Submitted by Nurse_Corie

"pretty cookies that are loved by all ages"

 

• Ready In: 7hrs
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 60 cookies

ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 3 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 2⁄3 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1⁄8 cup cinnamon-sugar mixture

directions

1. combine the 1/3 cup sugar and cinnamon, set aside.
2. beat butter and cream cheese on medium for 30 seconds.
3. Beat in 1 cup sugar and baking powder.
4. Beat in egg and vanilla.
5. Beat in flour.
6. Chill for 1 hour.
7. Divide in half. Roll half of dough between two pieces of wax paper into 12 x 8 rectangle. Remove top wax paper.
8. Brush rolled dough with half of melted butter. Sprinkle with 2 T. of cinammon-sugar mix.
9. Beginning with short side, roll up dough using wax paper to guide seal.
10. Repeat with remaining dough.
11. Roll rolls in remaining cinamon-sugar mixture. Wrap in plastic wrap.
12. Chill 4-24 hours.
13. Preheat oven to 375. Cut rolls into 1/4 inch thick slices.
14. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased sheet.
15. Bake 8-10 minutes.
16. Cool on cookie sheet for one minute, tranfer to wire rack.

Reviews

[SusieQusie]

Great concept & looks pretty but I found the cookie to be a little tough. The first chilling time made the dough harder to roll perhaps resulting in overworking it. If I had time, I would try this again but will have to save my experiemnting for after the holidays. Thanks for posting!