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Chocolate Vanilla Pinwheel Cookies

Chocolate Vanilla Pinwheel Cookies


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Eggless Pinwheel Cookies | Pinwheel Cookies Recipe| Eggless Chocolate Vanilla Swirls | How to Make Eggless Pinwheel Cookies are quintessential delight with a swirl design.

These Eggless Chocolate Vanilla Swirls  are an iconic swirl feast for children. It is entertaining to see children gaze at the swirl pattern as their palates savor the chocolate cookies.

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What are Eggless Chocolate Vanilla Swirls

The delight of Chocolate Vanilla Cookies comes from chocolate as well vanilla dough that are sandwiched and rolled together to form a beautiful pinwheel. The chocolate-vanilla flavors and the swirl design of these freshly baked cookies are a promising trinity to its lovers.

Making these pinwheel cookies is not very difficult, but it requires patience to roll and form the swirl. Chilling the dough and then swirl log is essential for cutting neat swirls.

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Ingredients

Vanilla Dough Ingredients
Vanilla Dough Ingredients.
Chocolate dough ingredients
Chocolate Dough Ingredients

For Measurements refer to the RECIPE CARD further below.

Flours – All purpose flour and cornflour

Sugar – Powdered sugar

Butter – Unsalted

Rising agents – baking powder/ baking soda

Vanilla Essence – Goes well with Cocoa

Cocoa – Use good quality cocoa powder

Salt – a pinch. Omit if using salted butter

Milk– Use bare minimum for binding

How to make Pinwheel Cookies with step by step instructions

Vanilla Dough

Firstly, cream the sugar and butter till light and fluffy.

Add 1 tbsp milk and vanilla essence and beat very well. Milk will help in binding the dough.

1 cream butter and sugar
1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Cream till light and fluffy.
2. Cream till light and fluffy.
3. Add milk and vanilla essence. Beat well.
3. Add milk and vanilla essence. Beat well.

Sift the flour, cornflour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Add the dry ingredients and mix to form a dough.

 Cling wrap the dough and chill it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes or so.

4. Sift and add flour, cornflour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
4. Sift and add flour, cornflour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
5. Mix gently to form vanilla dough.
5. Mix gently to form vanilla dough.
6. Cling wrap dough & chill for 20 minutes.
6. Cling wrap dough & chill for 20 minutes.

Chocolate dough

In another bowl again, cream the sugar and butter till light and fluffy.

Add 1 tbsp milk and vanilla essence and beat very well. Milk will help in binding the dough

7. Cream butter and sugar .
7. Cream butter and sugar .
8. Cream till light & fluffy.
8. Cream till light & fluffy.
9. Add milk and vanilla essence . Beat well.
9. Add milk and vanilla essence . Beat well.

Now sift the flour, cocoa powder, cornflour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Add the dry ingredients and mix to form a chocolate dough.

Cling wrap the dough and chill it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes or so. Refrigerate this too.

10. Sift & add flour, cornflour, cocoa pdr, baking powder, baking soda & salt.
10. Sift & add flour, cornflour, cocoa pdr, baking powder, baking soda & salt.
11. Mix to form chocolate dough.
11. Mix to form chocolate dough.
12. Cling wrap dough and chill for 20 minutes.
12. Cling wrap dough and chill for 20 minutes.

Make the Pinwheel Cookies

Place a butter paper on a clean kitchen platform and place the vanilla dough on it.

Cover it with cling wrap sheet and roll it into a rectangle of around 1/4 inch thickness using a rolling pin.

Repeat for the chocolate dough too.

13. Roll chocolate and vanilla dough balls separately.
13. Roll chocolate and vanilla dough balls separately.

Now brush some water on the surface of the rolled vanilla dough and place the chocolate rolled out dough on top of it. Do this step carefully for a neat swirl.

14. Place the chocolate rolled out dough on top vanilla one.
14. Place the chocolate rolled out dough on top vanilla one.
15. Shape into a rectangle.
15. Shape into a rectangle.

Roll it tightly along with the cling wrap and refrigerate this for an hour or so.

16. Roll into a tight log.
16. Roll into a tight log.
17. Cling wrap and refrigerate for an hour.
17. Cling wrap and refrigerate for an hour.

Bake Pinwheel Cookies

Preheat the oven at 160 degree Celsius for at least 10 minutes.

Take a sharp knife and cut into circular discs of around 1/4 inch thickness.

Place them on a baking tray lined up with parchment paper leaving gaps between them.

Bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes at 160° C.

Remove the tray from oven and wait for 3-4 minutes before transferring the cookies on to a cooling rack.

Cool it fully before you serve or store it in airtight containers.

18. Chocolate vanilla pinwheel cookies Cut into discs.
18. Cut into discs.
18. Place on lined baking tray.
18. Place on lined baking tray. Bake.
19. Baked pinwheels.
19. Baked chocolate vanilla pinwheels.

What to serve

Serve these chocolate pinwheels with Cardamom Caffe latte, or Karak Chai alongwith Carrot Orange Loaf Cake and Chocolate muffins.

Tips for Chocolate Vanilla Pinwheel Cookies

All ingredients must be at room temperature.

Use good quality cocoa powder

Be careful while handling the rolled out cookie dough.

The cookies will be soft when removing them from the oven. Do not worry they will harden up on cooling.

Recipe Card

Chocolate Vanilla Pinwheel Cookies Pin

Chocolate Vanilla Pinwheel Cookies

Chocolate Vanilla Pinwheel Cookies are an iconic delight with chocolate and Vanilla doughs rolled separately and then swirled together to forma a to form a pinwheel.
5 from 6 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Refrigeration time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Breakfast, Teatime
Cuisine American
Servings 25 cookies

Ingredients
  

For vanilla dough:

  • 125 gm All Purpose flour/ Refined flour
  • 1 tbsp Cornflour
  • 75 gm Sugar powdered
  • 75 gm Butter
  • 1/8 tsp Baking powder
  • pinch Baking soda
  • ½ tsp Vanilla essence or vanilla powder
  • pinch Salt
  • 1 tbsp Milk room temperature

For chocolate dough:

  • 125 gm Maida
  • 1 tbsp Cornflour
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 85 gm Sugar powdered
  • 85 gm Butter
  • 1/8 tsp Baking powder
  • pinch baking soda
  • ½ tsp Vanilla essence or vanilla powder
  • pinch Salt
  • 1-2 tbsp Milk room temperature

Instructions
 

Vanilla Dough

  • Firstly, cream the sugar and butter till light and fluffy.
  • Add 1 tbsp milk and vanilla essence and beat very well. Milk will help in binding the dough.
  • Sift the flour, cornflour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  • Add the dry ingredients and mix to form a dough.
  • Cling wrap the dough and chill it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes or so.

Chocolate dough

  • In another bowl again, cream the sugar and butter till light and fluffy.
  • Add 1 tbsp milk and vanilla essence and beat very well. Milk will help in binding the dough
  • Now sift the flour, cocoa powder, cornflour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  • Add the dry ingredients and mix to form a chocolate dough.
  • Cling wrap the dough and chill it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes or so. Refrigerate this too.

Make the Pinwheel Cookies

  • Place a butter paper on a clean kitchen platform and place the vanilla dough on it.
  • Cover it with cling wrap sheet and roll it into a rectangle of around 1/4 inch thickness using a rolling pin.
  • Repeat for the chocolate dough too.
  • Roll it tightly along with the cling wrap and refrigerate this for an hour or so.

Bake Pinwheel Cookies

  • Preheat the oven at 160 degree Celsius for at least 10 minutes.
  • Take a sharp knife and cut into circular discs of around 1/4-inch thickness.
  • Place them on a baking tray lined up with parchment paper leaving gaps between them.
  • Bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes at 160° C.
  • Remove the tray from oven and wait for 3-4 minutes before transferring the cookies on to a cooling rack.
  • Cool it fully before you serve or store it in airtight containers.

What to serve with

  • Serve these chocolate pinwheels with Cardamom Caffe latte, or Karak Chai alongwith Carrot Orange Loaf Cake and Chocolate muffins.

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Notes

  • All ingredients must be at room temperature.
  • Use good quality cocoa powder
  • Be careful while handling the rolled out cookie dough.
  • The cookies will be soft when removing them from the oven. Do not worry they will harden up on cooling.
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Mayuri Patel
1 year ago

5 stars
Oh my! Neha these chocolate vanilla pinwheel cookies have brought back so many memories for me. Use to make them for the kids during Diwali, for their birthday parties and for the lunch boxes. It has been a long time since I’ve baked them.

Seema Sriram
Seema Sriram
1 year ago

5 stars
How cute are these cookies? I bet you just cant keep your hands limited to one. Love them.

Spice Zone (Sarika)
1 year ago

5 stars
These Pinwheel Cookies made me nostalgic. Reminded of India.. they look lovely and I am sure my daughter will love it.. will try them

Archana
Archana
1 year ago

5 stars

Wow! These pinwheel cookies are so delicious. Honestly, I had never tried making them. I was making some cookies, so I tried them out. Now hubby wants only these pinwheel cookies. Thanks.

Priya Vj
1 year ago

5 stars
I remember my mom baking these chocolaty pin wheel cookies using the aluminum stove top oven with sand underneath. Your post got me back all the fond memories of childhood.

Kalyani
1 year ago

5 stars

OMG ! this cookie looks picture perfect, with the blend of choco and vanilla, am sure they were gone before you blinked !

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