Chocolate Orange Swirls

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
• 1 1/2 teaspoons orange extract
• 2 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled

Recipe

• 1 beat butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. add egg and vanilla; beat well.
• 2 combine flour, baking powder, and salt; stir well. add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating at low speed.
• 3 remove half of dough from bowl. add orange rind and orange extract to dough in bowl, and mix well.
• 4 remove orange dough from mixing bowl, and set aside. return plain dough to mixing bowl; add melted chocolate, beating well. cover and chill both portions of dough 1 hour.
• 5 roll each half of dough to a 15" x 8" rectangle on floured wax paper. place orange dough on top of chocolate dough; peel off top wax paper.
• 6 tightly roll dough, jellyroll fashion, starting at short side and peeling wax paper from dough while rolling. cover and chill 1 hour.
• 7 slice dough into 1/4" slices; place on ungreased cookie sheets. bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes. remove to wire racks to cool.
• 8 chocolate-cherry swirls: substitute 1/2 cup drained minced maraschino cherries for orange rind and orange extract. add 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour to cherry dough if it is too soft.
• 9 note: to prevent flat-sided cookies, turn dough rolls halfway through the second chilling time. dental floss makes cutting the dough easier.