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Title: Chocolate Mint Pinwheels
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 42 Servings

1 pk NESTLE Toll House mint
-flavored semi-sweet
-chocolate morsels, divided
-3/4 oz; 1 1/2 cups)
3/4 c Butter, softened
1/3 c Sugar
1/2 ts Salt
1 Egg
1 ts Vanilla extract
2 1/4 c All-purpose flour

Over hot (not boiling) water, melt 1/2 cup Nestle Toll House mint flavored
semi-sweet chocolate morsels, stirring until smooth. Cool to room
temperature; set aside.

In large mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar and salt until creamy. Beat in egg
and vanilla extract (mixture may look curdled). Gradually add flour.

Place 1 cup dough in medium bowl; blend in reserved melted morsels. Shape
each dough into a ball; flatten and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate
until firm, about 1 1/2 hours.

Preheat oven to 375'F. Between sheets of waxed paper, roll each ball of
dough into a 13x9" rectangle. Remove top layers of waxed paper. Invert
chocolate dough onto plain dough. Peel off remaining waxed paper. Starting
with a long side, roll up, jelly-roll style. Cut into 1/4" slices; place
on ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake 7-10 minutes. Let stand on cookie sheets 2 minutes. Remove from
cookie sheets; cool completely.

Over hot (not boiling) water, melt remaining 1 cup mint flavored
semi-sweet chocolate morsels, stirring until smooth. Spread flat side of
each cookie wiht slightly rounded 1/2 teaspoonful melted chocolate.
Refrigerate 10 minutes to set chocolate.

Makes 3 1/2 dozen cookies.

From Favorite All Time Recipes - Homemade Holiday Cookies, Publication
International, Ltd., ISBN 0-7853-0147-X.

File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/pi-cooky.zip