Thursday, May 7, 2009

Cookies...again!

Guess who was jealous of Brutus and his cookies? Yep, J!! He sulked the whole weekend, "How come the dog gets home-made biscuits but I don't?" "Aa naayi-ge mathra madithya biscuit nange illa". I decided to make him a something better than the doggie biscuit- that ought to quieten him for few weeks!

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Spiral Cookies:

for the vanilla dough-
1/2 C unsalted butter
1/2 C sugar
few drops of vanilla extract
1/2 egg yolk, beaten
1 1/2 C all purpose flour, sifted

for the chocolate dough-
1/2 C unsalted butter
1/2 C sugar
1/2 egg yolk, beaten
1 1/4 C plus 2 Tbsp all purpose flour, sifted
1/4 C cocoa powder

Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Beat the butter and sugar till creamy and soft. Add the vanilla, egg and flour into the creamed mixture and stir nit till forms a sift dough. In a separate bowl, make the chocolate dough in the same way. Knead each dough separately till smooth, cover in plastic wrap and chill for 30 mins. Roll out both pieces of dough to 10 by 7 in. rectangles. Brush a little milk over the vanilla dough and lay the chocolate dough on top. Press down gently. Roll up from the short side to make a spiral log. Wrap and chill for 30 mins. Cut the roll into 24-30 slices, arrange 4 cms apart on the cookie sheet and bake for 10 to 12 mins till pale golden. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 mins. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
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Note:
1) Don't even dream of making this, if you are short on time. It takes a lot of time and rolling the dough is a real pain in the ass and needs patience!
2) Add 2 tbsp milk if the mixture does not form a smooth dough.
3) The baking time depends on the thickness of the cookie. If you slice your cookies too thick, the edges brown fast but the inside remains raw. So make sure you slice at least 24-26 cookies.

These cookies go to J (I have to mention his name lest he say I made these for the blog ;) ) and to Sakshi who actually wrote in her comment "I have no probs in munching anything in the shape of a cute bone!! so maybe while packing for Brutus you can send another lot my way too and I can send you a pic of me with my tongue out to prove it's taste...bow bow!!" Sakshi, I hope you like these (IMHO- these are waaaaay better than Brutus' biscuits!!!).

24 comments:

  1. Cookies looks very very yummmmy..love to have some

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  2. yummmm cookies... am literally drooling :)
    came to your blog from Nags... love your collection of recipes :)

    - Indhu (www.thayirsaadham.com)

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  3. OMG! These look so good! I want to try so badly! But I am sure to mess it up in the first (few) tries cuz I am not that patient :( You should send this to click!

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  4. Ah! These look too pretty and scrumptious!

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  5. Brilliante!

    I'm going to try all your recipes ya!

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  6. The looks is yummy SJ..n sakshi was telling she is expecting your cookies..checkg her mail box all the time..:P

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  7. Pretty pics SJ..truely droolworthy ones!! And am so tempted to hve a bite and taste it.This needs lot of patience, gud work!!!

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  8. Looks too gud.....can't stop drooling ;)

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  9. Sorry for the late comment...was pondering over what to write..a thank you note or just ga ga going over your cookie pic..

    Guess you are not one of those who would be moved by an advance thank you note and take a heart and send me these cookies?? no...no??? Me too sulking like J after seeing that cookie for Brutus and at least J got a bite of these beauties...lucky J!!

    Seriously jokes apart this is one of the most beautiful cookies I have ever seen in a shop or on any blog...trust me am an expert both in bakeries and food blogs :) :)

    I am taking your expert advice and restraining myself from making these as you have warned about how difficult and time consuming it is and praying to all the zillion gods that all my drool will pay off one day...sigh!!!

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  10. Those cookies look awesome. Very nice pics. When you say 1/2 egg yolk, did you beat the yolk and half it?

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  11. The cookies look lovely. I call them pinwheel cookies! These are perfect..and as you said it requires time but worth the effort!

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  12. Brilliant SJ !! This is reeeeaaaallllyyyyy good !! You do have a lot of patience girl !!
    Please do send this for Click - its a brilliant pic !!

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  13. if u decide 2 come back 2 india u don't worry abut the job u can open a bakery shop
    looks nice u really have that much patience!

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  14. Me again...try the pumpkin dish even if you dont get the teppal...Actually, you should try at some store that sells Chinese spices, may get it there...

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  15. THANK YOU ALL!!!

    @Srikrishna,
    Very funny amma!!

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  16. Wow..the cookies look really beautiful and yummy..

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  17. These look really good. I have been looking for these spiral cookie recipe online. I am definitely going to make this.

    Your pictures are really good, you should send them to http://jugalbandi.info/. Bee and Jai host a food photography event every month and this months theme is cookie.

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  18. Hi SJ, First time here. Your space is so beautiful with stunning pics. These cookies looks so inviting. Will bookmark and try it out soon.
    Thanks for sharing.
    http://www.sevenspice.wordpress.com

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  19. ohhhh.......have come here before ......your pics are just killing me...but i have to bake them to taste them.........booohoooo...

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  20. SJ, just saw this now!! and have to make it now! Will tell you how it went :)

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  21. got here from nags... i made these too...yours look great

    http://arundati.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/baking-escapades-10-chocolate-pinwheels/

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  22. Tried this recipe..
    needed an extra 2 eggs for the vanilla dough & an extra 1 egg for the chocolate dough. also a heaping tablespoon of butter for each to get the dough to work.
    other htan that, turned out yum. Was like sugar-shortbread cookies.

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