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Black & Orange Cookies (Halloween Pinwheels)
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Black & Orange Cookies (Halloween Pinwheels)

These soft black and orange pinwheel cookies are super easy to make and perfect for Halloween!

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Chill time:
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 18 cookies
Calories: 133 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 120 g butter 1 stick, softened at room temperature
  • 120 g caster sugar ½ cup + 2 tablespoons) plus a little extra for dusting, aka superfine sugar
  • 2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 Medium egg
  • 250 g all-purpose flour (2 cups)
  • ½ Teaspoon baking powder
  • Few Drops black food coloring
  • Few Drops food colouring Orange

Instructions

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  1. In a medium-sized bowl, beat the butter and caster sugar together until smooth. Then mix in the vanilla extract and the egg.
  2. Add in the flour and baking powder. Mix well and when it's starting to stick, use your hands to press everything together into a ball of dough.
  3. Divide the dough into two equal-sized pieces. Add black food colouring to one piece and orange food colouring to the other and use your (gloved) hands to gently knead it in until there are no streaks left.
  4. Between two sheets of baking paper, roll the black dough into a rectangle that's around ¼-inch thick. Repeat with the orange dough, aiming to make it roughly the same size as the black one.
  5. Use the baking paper to lift up the black dough and place it directly on top of the orange one. Trim off any uneven edges to make a neat rectangle.
  6. Carefully roll the dough into a log shape, starting with the longest side closest to you. Refrigerate this for 30 minutes.
  7. While the dough is chilling, preheat your oven to 180°C/350℉ (160°C/320℉ for fan or convection ovens) and line a large tray with baking paper.
  8. Remove the dough from the fridge. Use floss or a serrated knife to cut any uneven edges off the log then divide it into 15-18 equal-sized slices. They will look quite small but they'll puff up as they bake.
  9. Place the cookies onto your lined tray and bake for around 10 minutes- they should be firm to the touch around the edges and soft in the middle. When they come out of the oven, immediately sprinkle the extra sugar on top.
  10. Leave them on the tray to cool completely then enjoy!

Notes

  • If the dough is too sticky, add more flour. If it’s too dry, add a splash of milk.
  • Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1pinwheel cookie Calories 133kcal (7%) Carbohydrates 18g (6%) Protein 2g (4%) Fat 6g (9%) Saturated Fat 4g (20%) Monounsaturated Fat 1g (5%) Cholesterol 9mg (3%) Sodium 17mg (1%) Potassium 4mg (0%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 7g (14%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 18 cookies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 133

% Daily Value*

Serving 1pinwheel cookie
Calories 133kcal 7%
Carbohydrates 18g 6%
Protein 2g 4%
Fat 6g 9%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Monounsaturated Fat 1g 5%
Cholesterol 9mg 3%
Sodium 17mg 1%
Potassium 4mg 0%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 7g 14%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.