I had Sunday lunch with the parents as usual (shared a caesar salad and club sandwich with my brother) and then I came back home to meet with the guys, that were visiting Tommy... Of course it was already 5 pm and they hadnt had any lunch so I put together some chicken sandwiches with melted cheese, barbecue stir-fried onions, ham and dijon mustard.
Then I made these cookie twirls upon request from the peoples (Pol, Choz and Tommy). They scanned through a couple of books and together agreed that they were the way to go. So away I went. They were quite easy to make (only trick might be the actual twirling that needs a little practice before you get the hang of it) but all in all, little prep, easy to have around ingredients, and very short baking time. We enjoyed the twirls with tea and coffee while I was given a personal class on Bridge 101. After that we played a couple of hands, ordered dinner and watched Source Code. We sound like little old ladies, dont we?? well, we might as well be, but you know what? Im not afraid to say this, I loved it! Great way to spend a Sunday I reckon.


Anyway, straight to the recipe before I get carried away telling you what happens in the movie.

Mocha Vanilla Twirls (recipe adapted from Biscuits & Macaroons)
Makes about 2 dozen twirls
100 gr butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 flour
2 tsp instant coffee
2 tsp boiling water
2 tsp cocoa powder

Preheat oven to 180 C
-Cream butter, sugar and egg together until well combined
-Add sifted flour in two batches
-Devide dough in half
-In a small bowl mix cocoa, coffee and boiling water, add that to half the dough
-Divide each dough into 4 pieces, roll out into sausege like pieces
-Twist one mocha and one vanilla sausege together
-Cut to desired length and place on a baking sheet a couple cm apart
-Bake for 10 to 15 minutes (when you see the edges starting to turn, out of the oven!)
 -Let cool