Cinnamon Pinwheel Cookies

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cardamom
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package dry yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• sugar (for dredging)

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, combine the first 4 dry ingedients.
• 2 cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• 3 dissolve yeast in water.
• 4 blend in egg, milk, and oil.
• 5 stir this into the flour mixture.
• 6 chill the resulting dough 1 hour.
• 7 knead four times.
• 8 roll dough to an 11"x18" rectangle.
• 9 combine filling ingredients and spread on the dough.
• 10 roll the dough up jelly roll style. you should have an 18" long cylinder of dough.
• 11 chill one more hour.
• 12 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 13 cut the dough into 1/2" slices.
• 14 roll each slice out slightly to flatten.
• 15 dredge each slice in sugar.
• 16 bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 15 minutes.