Chocolate Catherine Wheels

Makes 30

Description/Notes:

Delightful little cookies with a chocolatey rum flavour

Ingredients:

8 oz. (225g) self-raising flour

4 oz. (9125g) caster sugar

4 oz. (125g) soft margarine

1 egg

1 tsp. cocoa

2 tsp. rum

Cooking Instructions:

Pre-heat oven to 375F, Gas mark 5, 190C
Cream together the soft margarine and sugar until light and fluffy
From the egg, keep one dessertspoon of egg white and add the remaining egg to the margarine mixture
Add the flour and knead to form a firm dough
Divide the dough into two then add the cocoa to one part and rum to the other
Knead both separately until the cocoa and rum have blended into the dough
On a lightly floured board, roll out the dough to form to oblongs 12 inch (30cm) x 8 inch (20cm)
Use the reserved egg white to brush the chocolate dough, cover with the rum dough and roll up the two pieces
Wrap the dough roll in foil and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes
Cut into catherine wheels of a quarter inch (5mm) in thickness
Arrange on a greased baking tray and cook in the pre-heated oven for about 10 minutes or until lightly coloured