Chocolate Nut Pinwheels

By patticakes

This is from Granny Ward’s collection.

Ingredients

• Dough
• 1 cup flour
• 3/4 ts salt
• 1/4 ts baking powder
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 1/2 ts vanilla
• 1 egg, separated
• Filling
• 6 ounces of semisweet chocolate with 1 TBS butter or shortening
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1 ts vanilla
• 1/4 ts salt

Preparation

Step 1

Dough

Cream butter and sugar. Beat egg yolk with vanilla and add to butter mixture. Stir in flour, salt and baking powder. Roll onto a floured board

Filling
Mix together the filling ingredients:

Press the filling over the dough, spreading to the edges. Roll tightly along the long edge. Wrap tightly in foil or plastic wrap. Chill until firm. Slice into ¼ - 1/3 inch slices. Bake on greased or parchment lined sheet for 10 minutes at 375°