RECIPES > Desserts > Pinwheel Cookies

Description:
Pinwheel cookies with a fruit filling of your preference.

DILLMAN PRODUCT USED:
Jar of any Dillman Farm Preserves or Jelly

Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter or margarine
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 3 eggs, well beaten
  • 4 cups sifted all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. soda
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
Directions

Cream sugar and butter or margarine: add well beaten eggs, mix well. Blend flour, salt and soda and add to sugar/egg mixture. Chill an hour or more in refrigerator.

Divide dough into two parts, rolling each to about 1/8" thickness between two sheets waxed paper. Gently peel off top sheet of paper.

Spread 1/2 jar of selected preserves or jelly on sheet of dough, then sprinkle with 1/2 cup or more of chopped pecans. Roll in jelly roll fashion using the bottom sheet of waxed paper to wrap, sliding the wrapped roll onto a cookie sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough.

Refrigerate overnight.

Slice and bake on a greased cookie sheet, 10- 12 minutes in a 400° oven. Cookies should be lightly browned. Remove while still warm. Makes 5 dozen