Shortbread Pinwheels

This week we made shortbread pinwheels. We used the simplest shortbread recipe

6oz flour

4oz butter

2oz sugar

First we rubbed all the ingredients together to make fine breadcrumbs. Then I kneaded it all together to form a stiff dough, this took a while. Once the dough was ready I split into half and kneaded in cocoa powder to half to make chocolate shortbread. 

I rolled it out between two pieces of cling film to form a rectangle then rolled the plain dough out in the same way to the same size. Once done I laid them over each other and rolled tightly like a Swiss roll.

I cut into slices and laid on two baking sheets lined with parchment. Space well as they do spread.

I baked for about ten minutes to just golden and hey presto. They were a big hit with Mischief and her daddy.