Chocolate Mint Pinwheels

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups mint chocolate chips (one 10-oz package of nestle toll house mint-chocolate morsels, divided.)
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups plain flour

Recipe

• 1 melt, over hot (not boiling) water, 1/2 cup mint-chocolate chips, stir until smooth.
• 2 cool to room temperature, set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine butter and sugar; beat until creamy.
• 4 add egg and vanilla extract, blend well.
• 5 gradually beat in flour and salt.
• 6 place 1 cup of dough in a small bowl.
• 7 add melted chips; blend thoroughly.
• 8 shape into a ball, flatten, (mixture will appear curdled).
• 9 cover with plastic wrap.
• 10 shape remaining dough into ball; flatten.
• 11 cover with plastic wrap.
• 12 chill until firm, about 1 1/2 hours).
• 13 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 14 between sheets of waxed paper, roll each ball of dough into a 13 x 9-inch rectangle.
• 15 remove top layers of waxed paper and invert the chocolate dough onto the plain dough.
• 16 peel off waxed paper.
• 17 starting from the long side, roll up jelly roll stype.
• 18 cut into 1/4-inch slices; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 19 bake at 375 degrees f. for 7 to 8 minutes.
• 20 cool completely on wire racks.
• 21 melt over hot, (not boiling), water remaining 1 cup of chips; stir until smooth.
• 22 spread flat side of cookie with 1/2 slightly rounded teaspoonful melted chocolate.
• 23 chill until set.