Chocolate-Peanut Windmills
A Betty Crocker betty-crocker-cookies recipe for Chocolate-Peanut Windmills.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine -- softened
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate -- melted and cooled
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup finely chopped peanuts
Instructions
- 1
Beat sugar, butter, shortening, vanilla and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon.
- 2
Stir in chocolate.
- 3
Stir in flour, baking powder and salt.
- 4
Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.
- 5
Heat oven to 400º.
- 6
Divide dough in half.
- 7
Roll each half into rectangle, 12 × 9 inches, on lightly floured cloth-covered surface.
- 8
Sprinkle each rectangle with half of the peanuts; gently press into dough.
- 9
Cut dough into 3-inch squares. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- 10
Cut squares diagonally from each corner almost to center.
- 11
Fold every other point to center to resemble pinwheel.
- 12
Bake about 6 minutes or until set.
- 13
Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.