350°
7 minutes
- 1 square unsweetened chocolate
- 1¼ cup flour
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- plastic wrap
- Over hot water or very low heat, melt chocolate and cool.
- Mix flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
- In large bowl, beat butter, sugar, vanilla and egg until light and fluffy.
- Add flour mixture and stir until blended.
- Divide dough in half (8 ounces by weight) and add chocolate to one half.
- Wrap each in separate plastic wrap and chill several hours or until firm enough to roll.
- Dampen counter or table and spread with a sheet of plastic wrap. Lightly dust plastic with powdered sugar.
- Roll white dough out to form a 16×6 inch rectangle. (waxed paper over the dough helps prevent sticking). Repeat with chocolate dough.
- Invert chocolate dough onto white and peel off plastic wrap. Press together gently with the rolling pin.
- Roll up the dough jelly roll fashion, being sure the center is tight, forming a 16 inch long roll. Roll back and form to make a uniform roll.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and chill overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Slice dough 1/8 inch thick.
- Bake on a lightly greased cookie sheet for 7 minutes at 350° or until lightly browned. Remove to cooling racks at once.
Yield: 7-8 dozen or 100 cookies.