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| Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies/Photo by Alexandra E Rust |
Tis the season of social gatherings, and the life of the party is always desserts. Bring a dessert and you're automatically the best guest to ever grace the planet. Right?
This recipe brings chocolate and vanilla together in a way that is, unfortunately, so delicious that it's impossible to stop at one cookie. So go ahead and eat two. Really. Each cookie is only 43 calories!
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Makes 4½ dozen
Per Serving
Calories: 43 ♥ Fat: 1.7g ♥ Carbs: 6g ♥ Protein: 1g ♥ Sodium: 21mg ♥ Cholesterol: 7mg ♥
Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies
Ingredients
- ¼ cup margarine, softened
- ¼ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup vanilla low-fat yogurt
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ (8-ounce) package Neufchâtel cheese, softened
- 1 (1-ounce) square semisweet chocolate, melted
- 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon powdered sugar
- Cream margarine; gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed on an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add yogurt, egg, and vanilla; beat well.
- Stir in flour; shape dough into a flat disc, and chill thoroughly.
- Roll dough to ⅛-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut into 1-inch squares. Cut each square diagonally from the corners to the center, leaving a ½-inch portion of dough in center uncut.
- Combine cheese, chocolate, and powdered sugar in a small bowl, beating at low speed of an electric mixer until well blended.
- Spoon to heaping ¼ teaspoon chocolate mixture onto center of each square.
- Fold every other point of cut corners to the center to form a pinwheel. Press firmly to seal seam of point.
- Place pinwheels on ungreased cookie sheets; bake at 375° for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Cool on wire racks.
- Enjoy lightly.
