Pretty Peanut Butter And Chocolate Pinwheels

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 150 g butter, softened (5 oz)
• 1/2 cup peanut butter, smooth, unsweetened (4 oz or 125g)
• 750 ml flour, sifted (3 cups)
• 300 ml sugar (10 oz)
• 1 egg
• 100 ml milk (about 2 - 3 tablespoons less than 1/2 cup)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 100 g milk chocolate, melted (3.3 oz or 1 slab)

Recipe

• 1 grease 2 baking tins.
• 2 cream together the butter and peanut butter with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• 3 add half the flour, the sugar, egg, milk, vanilla and salt. stir in the remaining flour, and mix well.
• 4 divide the dough in half. stir the melted chocolate into one half of the dough and mix in thoroughly.
• 5 place the two dough mixtures between sheets of greaseproof paper, and roll each out thinly, into about the same size rectangle, about 10 x 13 inches. (you can try rolling it out with the help of flour and without the use of the paper).
• 6 place the peanut butter dough on top of the chocolate dough, roll up like a jelly roll, wrap in clingwrap, and chill in fridge for 2 hours.
• 7 heat oven to 180 deg c/350 deg f.
• 8 cut the chilled dough into 6mm/1/4 inch slices. place 1/2 inch apart on the greased tins, and bake until pale golden brown and crisp, 10 - 15 minutes.
• 9 cool on wire racks and store in airtight container. makes roughly 35 - 45, depending on how you rolled out your dough.