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    Citrus Pinwheels


    Source of Recipe


    Chyrel

    List of Ingredients




    Citrus Pinwheels

    Begin 6 hrs ahead

    Refrigerator Cookiesdough (above)

    1 teaspoon milk (optional)
    confectioners' sugar

    1/2 teaspoon lemon extract

    1/2 teaspoon yellow food color

    1/2 teaspoon orange extract

    10 drops red food color


    Recipe



    1. Prepare Refrigerator Cookies dough as directed in step

    1. If dough is too dry, add milk. Divide dough into 4 equal portions. On waxed paper covered with confectioners' sugar, with lightly sugared rolling pin, roll one dough portion into 12" by 6" rectangle.

    2. Into small bowl, spoon another dough portion; stir in lemon extract and 1/4 teaspoon yellow food color; mix well. On another sheet of sugared paper, roll lemon dough to 12" by 6" rectangle.

    3. Invert lemon dough on to basic dough; peel off top paper. Trim doughs to same size.

    4. Starting with a long end, roll doughs jelly-roll fashion, peeling back waxed paper while rolling. Wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 4 hours.

    5. Repeat steps 1 - 4 using remaining 2 portions of dough. For step 2, flavor and color portion of dough with orange extract, remaining yellow food color and red food color.

    6. Preheat oven to 350°F. Unwrap rolls and cut each roll crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. 7. Place slices, cut side up, on cookie sheets, 1 inch apart. Bake 12 to 15 minutes until light brown. Remove cookies to wire racks to cool.

    Inverting the dough: Invert lemon-flavored dough on top of basic dough.
    Rolling the dough: Peel back waxed paper while rolling jelly-roll fashion.

    Yield 96 cookies

 

 

 


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