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Famous Chocolate Refrigerator Roll

Source of Recipe


The Seattle Times






List of Ingredients



• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 3 to 4 Tbsp sugar, or to taste
  
• 2 cups whipping cream, chilled
  
• One 9-ounce pkg. Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers
  
• Chocolate curls or chocolate wafer crumbs, for garnish
  






Instructions



1. In a large bowl, combine vanilla, sugar and cream. Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat until stiff peaks form. Spread about 1/2 tablespoon whipped cream on each wafer; you will not use all of the whipped cream.
   
   
2. Stack the cream-topped wafers next to one another on a serving platter, standing them on their edge like a row of dominoes, to make a 14-inch log. Use the remaining whipped cream to frost the top and the sides of the cookie log. Refrigerate at least 4 to 6 hours, or up to overnight. (The cookies will become cakey, which makes for easier slicing.)
   
   
3. To serve, sprinkle chocolate curls or crushed wafer crumbs on top of the row. Using a knife, cut the cake on the diagonal (at a 45-degree angle) into slices. (The cake slices easily when a warm knife is used; run a knife under hot water, then quickly dry it with a clean towel.) Serve immediately.
   
   Makes 8 to 10 servings.
   
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   VARIATIONS:
   
   Mint-Chocolate:
   Reduce the vanilla extract to 1/4 teaspoon and add 3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract to the cream before whipping. To serve, garnish with miniature chocolate chips or roughly crushed Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies.
   
   Raspberry-Chocolate:
   Add a layer of fresh raspberries between every third or fourth wafer as you assemble the cake. Garnish with fresh raspberries before serving.
   
   Double Chocolate:
   Reduce vanilla to 1/4 teaspoon. Reduce sugar to 2 to 3 tablespoons. Mix sugar with 3 to 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa and add to the cream before whipping.