Raspberry Pinwheels

Taste is OK, not as good as other similar ones. Wouldn't make again. Too much work if making for Christmas...too much "putzy" stuff trying to make them look right. Would rather go to a good-to-eat cookie than a show-off cookie. That's what people will remember! Sorry!

I read the reviews and made sure to refrigerate the dough between rolling out and spreading filling. I froze each tube of rolled dough before slicing, which made it much easier. When the dough is properly sliced and rolled (start with a long edge), none of the pinwheels fall over during baking.

These turned out great! I had some cranberry jam and used that in half of the cookies - delicious! I think some of the problems people had were that they rolled and cut the dough wrong. Make sure you roll the 9x4 rectangle along the 9-inch edge (so you get a 9-inch log that is only around an inch in diameter). Then cut them about an inch wide for each cookie. You only need a thin layer of jam. I had a little ooze out while rolling up the dough, but none during the baking.