Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies

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These cookies were okay, but not my favorite. They are very time consuming for the amount of flavor that they have. They are very pretty though. Use caution when baking them-the cookies on one of the cookie sheets were burnt on the bottom when I took them out. I think the peppermint pieces may have melted some and that sugar caused them to burn.

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These are such a good use for sugar cookie dough. They take a dough that doesn't have much of a taste and make it delicious

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I hate baking. But something about this one of year makes my heart clamor for cookies. Alton is a genius and for the past three years I've made his iced sugar cookies and they are always beautiful and delicious!! Well guess what, even with my limited baking skill, these cookies also turned out beautiful and delicious!!! My cookies came together beautifully and rolled like a dream. I did not experience the cracking other reviewers speak of, likely because I followed the recipe. My swirls turned out perfectly, perhaps even better than the ones Alton and Santa made!! For those who say these cookies taste like cardboard, perhaps their taste buds have been deadened by high fructose corn syrup and other wonderful synthetic delights that are sweeter than sugar. These cookies are delicious. End of story. The flavour balance is perfect, you get a rich deep chocolate taste that marries up perfectly with the sweetness of the peppermint layer. They are magic. Make them. Make them now.

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They were so good especially the melted candy cane pieces

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Absolutely delicious cookies! There are quite a few steps in the recipe, but well worth the work. My son & I love Alton Brown & these cookies are almost as great as the man himself!!!

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This is an awesome recipe, I have made them about a dozen times now. My family of 12 loves them, and the cookies sure disappear in a hurry. One thing I have found helpful is to go ahead and put an egg yolk into the chocolate dough half as well as the peppermint half. The chocolate rolls out better for me that way. Also, the cookies taste best after at least a day.

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This is our third year making these and they have become a family favorite! They are a bit time consuming but well worth the time spent. I agree with some of the other posters who suggest rolling the chocolate layer on the inside. They are just as pretty once they are cut with the peppermint on the outside.

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We made these tonight, they were fairly difficult to make. The sugar cookie dough tasted pretty good so the base seems good. The chocolate was very dry, it didn't crack too bad but it tasted dry. Overall the taste was not good at all and the cookies did not melt down at all after cooking so they were very rigid looking and the layers did not melt together. I would not recommend these cookies at all.

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These cookies really were a little extra work but well worth it. If you know anything about baking, you'd have no trouble with these- I added about 4 oz of melted dark chocolate and 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder to the chocolate and 5 pulverized Hershey's chocolate mint candy canes with a tablespoon of peppermint extract to the mint dough. I'm impatient, so I only chilled the doughs in the freezer for about 15 minutes. I rolled out using powdered sugar on parchment paper then made the rolls. I wrapped the roll in parchment and chilled for about 10 more minutes then sliced into about 1/2 inch slices. Baked at 375 for 12 minutes, pull from oven then let set on hot pan for 2 minutes before moving to the cooling rack. Pulling the cookies early keeps them from drying out too much in the oven. I will be making these again!

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These are pretty, but I would not make them again. The cookie was a little dry, so I melted chocolate to add as a design and add some moisture. The chocolate part of the dough is a little difficult to work with and separates and peels away from the peppermint dough easily. I would recommend laying the peppermint dough down first and having the chocolate on the inside.