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Christmas Pinwheel Cookies

Merry Christmas......
Here comes Christmas special Pinwheel Cookies........

Ingredients
  • Maida (All-purpose Flour) - 2 1/2 cups
  • Salt- 1/2 tsp
  • Baking Powder- 1/2 tsp
  • Unsalted Butter - 1 cup (softened)
  • Sugar- 1 cup
  • Egg- 1
  • Vanilla Essence- 1 tsp
  • Milk- 3 tbsp
  • Red and Green color - as required (you can use any colors)
Preparation Method
  1. Sift the maida, baking powder together and keep aside.
  2. In a bowl, beat the butter and sugar.
  3. Add the egg, vanilla, milk and beat for 2-3 mins:.
  4. Add the maida mixture, spoon by spoon beating until combined.
  5. Divide this into 3 portions. 
  6. Add red color into one portion and green into another.
  7. Mix well till the color is uniformly spreads. (use your fingers, if required). The dough will be slightly wet.
  8. Take a butter paper or aluminium foil. 
  9. Take one dough portion and place on the sheet. Place another sheet of parchment paper on top of the dough and roll the dough into 1/4″ thick rectangular shape and keep aside.
  10. Similarly roll out the remaining dough portions into similar sized rectangles using parchment papers. Place the red color sheet along with the base butter paper on the working surface. Carefully lift the plain dough along with the parchment paper and place on top of the red dough sheet, with parchment paper coming on top. Carefully peel off the paper. 
  11. Similarly place the green sheet on top of the plain dough and peel off the paper. 
  12. Now we have the red, white and green dough on top of each other. 
  13. Refrigerate them for 30-45 mins: (Its good to to touch and feel the dough). 
  14. If it is slightly firmed up, you can start working on it. If too firm, it may crack while rolling. But you can always stick them back.
  15. Carefully roll the stack into a log shape.
  16. Cover the log with butter paper and refrigerate for 1 hr. 
  17. Slice into 1/4 inch thickness. 
  18. Place on a baking tray lined with butter paper, 1 inch apart. 
  19. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree C for 15 mins.
  20. Allow it to cool in a wire rack.
  21. The colorful, delicious Christmas Pinwheel Cookies is ready to serve.
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