Yield: 3 Dozen
Ingredients:
- 3 Eggs (Can be replaced with egg replacer to make vegan cookies)
- 1 cup Sugar
- ½ cup Vegetable Oil
- 3 teaspoons Vanilla
- 3 ¼ cups Unbleached Flour
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 2 tablespoons Cocoa Powder
- Sugar (for topping)
Optional Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, to add to the Cocoa for a sweeter cookie
- Lemon or Orange Rind
- ¼ teaspoon Cinnamon
- ¼ cup chopped Walnuts
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 325 °F.
- In a medium bowl, beat the eggs. Add sugar and mix well, then add oil and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and any additional ingredients
- Add to the egg mixture to your dry ingredients and stir until well blended.
- Divide the dough in half and add the cocoa to half the dough.
- Take ½ of the vanilla half and ½ of the chocolate half, and squeeze them together to form a long marble
roll about 13 inches long by 3 inches wide. This is easily done right on the baking sheet with floured
hands. Repeat the process, forming one more marble roll with the remaining dough. Sprinkle sugar on
top. (This is how it is traditionally prepared)
- Alternatively, my family takes the same process but flatten the vanilla dough, place a log of the cocoa dough in the center, and roll it into a log with vanilla on the outside and cocoa in the center. It allows for a nice mix of the flavors! The dimensions will remain the same
- Bake these rolls for 30 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and once slightly cooler, cut into ¾ inch slices. Let the cookies cool well before enjoying