Chocolate Vanilla Spiral Cookies

I made these cookies last week with my mom in mind. Among other types of cookies, these spiral cookies are a trade mark of growing up (and they still make an appearance when we go home to visit). The cookies that I made aren't her recipe. Hers come out nice and fluffy and these ones came out crunchy. The fluffy ones sound better but these were actually quite good, just a different type of cookie.

The recipe that I used came from Robinhood.ca.

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups flour
3 tbsp coca powder
1 egg beaten with 1 tsp of water

STEP ONE

Beat butter and sugar until well blended and light in colour; add vanilla and salt (I left the salt out as my butter was salted); add flour and mix until crumbly

STEP TWO

Knead dough together and split into two

STEP THREE

Return one of the pieces back to the mixer and add in the cocoa

STEP FOUR

On pieces of wax paper, roll the two doughs out to near equal sizes and shapes

STEP FIVE

Lightly spread the egg mixture onto the top of one of the two doughs (this will help the two doughs stick together)

STEP SIX

Stack the other dough directly on top of the egged dough, trying to match the placement up as best as possible (it is easiest to keep the wax paper on as you flip the second dough on top of the first one)

STEP SEVEN

Press the edges down along the outside of the doughs to connect the two doughs

STEP EIGHT

Using the wax paper that is under the bottom dough, roll the dough from the long way into a tight cylinder; seal the ends by pushing the tips inward as you create the cylinder

STEP NINE

Wrap tightly and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes

STEP TEN

Preheat oven to 325 F; cut rolls into 1/4 inch slices and bake 14-16 minutes

*This makes so many cookies - before slicing all of the dough, I cut it in half and froze the remaining dough for next time. 

Hope you try it out!