Chocolate-orange spirals
2
Points®
Total time: 38 min • Prep: 30 min • Cook: 8 min • Serves: 36 • Difficulty: Easy
With their spirals of chocolate and orange-flavored dough, these eye-catching pinwheel cookies make a great treat for just about any kind of get-together or celebration. You can also turn them into a fun food gift or bake sale item—pack them in clear cellophane bags tied with orange ribbons for a decorative touch. If you want to make them in advance, the log of unbaked dough can be frozen up to 3 months. You can then cut off as many slices of the frozen dough as you like and freshly bake them. Be sure to add a few minutes to the baking time.
Ingredients
All-purpose flour
1 cup(s)
Baking soda
¼ tsp
Table salt
⅛ tsp
Unsalted butter
4 Tbsp, softened
Sugar
⅔ cup(s)
Egg whites
1 large
Vanilla extract
1 tsp
Orange zest
1 tsp, grated
Orange juice
1 tsp
Unsweetened cocoa powder
2 Tbsp
Semisweet chocolate
½ oz, or bittersweet, grated
Instructions
1
Stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl; set aside. With an electric mixer on low speed, beat the butter and sugar in a medium bowl until well blended. Add the egg white and vanilla; beat until smooth. Add the flour mixture and beat just until blended. Transfer half of the dough to a small bowl and stir in the orange zest. Stir the orange juice, cocoa powder, and grated chocolate into the remaining dough.
2
Pat the chocolate dough into a rectangle on a 12-inch-long piece of plastic wrap. Cover with another piece of plastic wrap. Roll out the dough to form a 5 x 8-inch rectangle. Repeat with the orange dough. Refrigerate the doughs about 5 minutes. Remove the top sheets of plastic wrap from the doughs. Flip the orange dough on top of the chocolate dough; remove the plastic wrap. Using the bottom sheet of plastic wrap to help you and beginning with a long side, roll up the dough, jelly-roll style, to form a tight log. Wrap in the plastic wrap and roll into a 9-inch-long log. Refrigerate until firm, at least 4 hours or up to 2 days.
3
Meanwhile, place the oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray 2 large baking sheets with nonstick spray.
4
Cut the log into 1⁄4-inch-thick slices, making a total of 36 slices. Place on the baking sheets about 1 inch apart. Bake until golden brown, 8 – 10 minutes, rotating the baking sheets halfway through the baking. With a spatula, transfer the cookies to racks and let cool completely. Yields 1 cookie per ser serving.
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