Chocolate orange swirls

By avaspapa

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 lg egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp grated orange rind
• 1 1/2 tsp orange extract
• 2 1 oz sq semi-sweet chocolate melted and cooled

Preparation

Step 1

Beat butter at medium speed till creamy add sugar beat well. Add egg and vanilla beat well. Combine flour , baking powder, and salt. Stir well. Add flour mixture with butter mixture beating at low speed. Remove half of dough from bowl. Add orange rind and orange extract to dough in bowl, mix well. Remove orange dough from mixing bowl, set aside. Return plain dough to mixing bowl, add melted chocolate, beating well. Cover and chill both portions of dough 1 hour. Roll each half of dough to a 15 x 8 rectangle on floured wax paper. Place orange dough on top of chocolate dough. Peel off top wax paper. Tightly roll dough, jelly roll fashion, starting at short side, peeling wax while rolling. Cover and chill 1 hour. Slice dough into 1/4 inch slices. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 for 10-12 min.