Reviewed: Sep. 27, 2010

Flavor - out of this world good!!! Getting these to look good as a final product - not so easy. After making the dough, it was very moist, and going against my better judgement, I stuck with the recipe and did not add any extra flour. I spread with the melted chocolate and did my best to roll this. Following the advice of a previous reviewer, I used the parchment paper to roll this. It was very difficult to roll with the dough being so moist. I did finally manage to roll it and refrigerated it for about 3 hours before baking. It did cut and bake nicely, but the cookies still don't look like I was expecting or hoping for. But, they taste so good, no one here really cares what they look like. I will try again, and adjust the dough. Also thinking of just making peanut butter cookes and swirling in some melted chocolate before rolling into cookies.

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mominml

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Living In: Moses Lake, Washington, USA

Reviewed: May 28, 2010

This was a great recipe!! I changed a couple of things... I used 1/2 cup white sugar and 1/2 cup brown sugar instead of 1 cup white sugar (this keeps the cookies a little softer) and 2/3 cup peanut butter - we like ours a little extra peanut buttery! I also used an overflowing cup of chocolate chips. They turned out great!

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Diane

Reviewed: May 8, 2010

Not enough PB taste for me. I was able to roll out dough fine on my baking mat (covered it w/ parchment paper and used rolling pin) and was able to carefully spread chocolate fine too. But the dough was too soft to roll up well. If I made again, I would add more flour and refrigerate PB dough first (although in fairness I live in high humidity and often have to add flour). Not enough taste for the amount of work in my opinion.

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AshleysMommy

Reviewed: Jul. 11, 2009

These tasted great, but I had a hard time rolling the log. It may have been to hot here (over 100 degrees). I may have also not made the layers thin enough. They were more like peanut butter chocolate chunk, but they were delicious!

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kathyalew

Reviewed: May 10, 2009

I probably made the cookie layer too thin so I had a lot more swirls, but they were still delicious, even with reduced fat PB! I tasted them the next day and they were JUST what I was looking for. They taste like these peanut butter cookies that I've only had at work before and can't resist every time...now I can make them on my own! I don't even think that they need the chocolate swirl, throw in some chocolate chips and I think they would be great.

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Karen

Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2009

This cookie recipe is a 100 years old. My mom used to make them when we were little and they are a family favorite. It takes some practice getting the rolling down, but once you have it these cookies are well worth it. Especially for peanut butter and chocolate lovers.

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happywifey

Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2008

A few handy tips and these cookies aren't hard to handle at all, and the final product is beautiful and delicious! First, spreading out the dough that much with your fingers is just about impossible to do evenly. Add a large piece of parchment or wax paper on top of the dough (of course there is a sheet below the dough also) and then use a rolling pin to spread the dough out. Peel back the top piece of parchment paper and you have a nice, smooth surface to spread out your chocolate. After the chocolate is spread, use the bottom piece of parchment to help you roll up the dough, by picking up the edge near you and holding it up while you roll over the dough with your hand. Continue til the whole roll is done- don't try to pick it up until it's all the way rolled. I put it in the freezer for 30 minutes. The dough wasn't too hard, and made it very easy to slice. I had to increase the bake time a couple of minutes for the first batch since the dough was so cold going in. The cookies will fall apart if you don't let them cool at least 5 minutes on the sheet before taking them off. Beautiful, soft cookies, with a good balance of peanut butter and chocolate. Will make again for sure!

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Emily P.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Maryville, Tennessee, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 19, 2008

This cookie is awesome. I sent some to my sons friends at college and that night they wanted more. Here is a tip. If you cut the roll in half and put it in a glass and lay it on its side it retains the round shape. After 25 minutes it should be good to slice.

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hockeymom_6

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Berlin, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Atco, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 2, 2008

I was in the mood for peanut butter and chocolate cookies and happened upon this recipe. I got to admit they are a bit of work! But the end result is delicious and does deserve five stars on it's own. The reason I give this recipe four stars though is because the cookies did not puff up as I expected, it seemed to when it came out the oven but it quickly fell into this thin and semi-crisp type of cookie. Still enjoyable though. I may give this one another try, really does taste great.

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Roxanne J.R.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 26, 2008

I do believe I need to practice at making pinwheel cookies! I tried these last week and was tired and in a hurry so I did as one reviewer suggested and used whole chocolate chips. I wouldn't recommend that--they just fell apart completely so I just sort of smooshed them all together and make regular cookies. I tried again today, and my pinwheels were log shaped--only a few looked pretty. So I think I need some practice at this! I melted the chocolate in the microwave (just melt for a min, stir, and continue until it is all melted) and spread it out over the cookies. They are very good--nice mix of chocolate and peanut butter. Thanks!

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