Ingredient: Black Chia Seeds for decoration

When did the world first fall in love with this flavorful combination? From what I remember, it was in the 80’s & 90’s. There was strawberry-kiwi flavored Gatorade, applesauce, wine coolers, Jello, Kool-Aid, lip balm, yogurt, jams, chewing gum, etc., etc. The fact that these two fruits perfectly compliment each others flavor profile, make them an ideal choice for flavoring summer treats.

When I originally saw these ‘kiwi cookies’ on the internet, I was intrigued by the look but not the recipe ingredients. From what I could find, they resembled kiwi slices in their looks but not in taste. The Lorann Company makes a very interesting assortment of flavoring oils, one of which is strawberry kiwi. This seemed just what was needed.

Through a little bit of my recipe development process, I was able to accomplish the look and flavor I was after. When you think about it, these are just another variation to the classic German pinwheel cookie which were popularized in the 1920’s.

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Kiwi Strawberry Cookies

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Course

Brunch, dessert

Cuisine

American

Keyword

kiwi strawberry cookies

Servings

DOZEN MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

Chocolate Cookie Dough

• 1/2 cup butter,
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp kiwi-strawberry flavor

Green & Beige Cookie Dough

• 1 cup cornstarch
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups (300 gm) butter,
• 3/4 tsp kiwi-strawberry flavor
• green gel food coloring for 2nd ring of cookie
• Black Chia Seeds for decoration

Course Brunch, dessert Cuisine American Keyword kiwi strawberry cookies Servings DOZEN MetricUS Imperial Ingredients Chocolate Cookie Dough 1/2 cup butter, 1/3 cup powdered sugar 1 cup flour 1 tsp cocoa powder 1/4 tsp kiwi-strawberry flavor Green & Beige Cookie Dough 1 cup cornstarch 1 cup powdered sugar 2 cups flour 1 1/2 cups (300 gm) butter, 3/4 tsp kiwi-strawberry flavor green gel food coloring for 2nd ring of cookie Black Chia Seeds for decoration

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Instructions

Chocolate Cookie Dough

1. In a bowl, cream butter & powdered sugar together; add flour, cocoa & 1/4 tsp flavoring; mix well.

Green & Beige Cookie Dough

1. In a bowl, whisk together cornstarch, powdered sugar & flour. Blend in butter & flavoring with a fork, mixing until a soft, smooth dough forms. Divide dough in half & add enough green coloring to ONE portion to give it a kiwi color.

Assembly

1. Roll out the chocolate dough between parchment paper in a rectangle shape about 5 X 10-inches & about a 1/8-inch thickness. Next, roll out the green dough between parchment paper in a rectangle about 3 X 10-inches & about 1/4-inch thickness. With the beige colored dough, roll out to 10-inches long & form into a round 'log' for the center of cookies on parchment paper.
2. Now top the chocolate layer with green layer. Place cylinder of beige dough at one side. Using the help of the parchment paper, roll together, starting at even end & roll to end with the extended chocolate, so that the chocolate goes all the way around. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap & refrigerate about an hour or freeze until ready to use.
3. Preheat oven to 300 F. When chilled, unwrap & cut slices 1/3-inch thick. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; place slices about an inch apart. With the tip of a knife, make a kiwi pattern in center of cookies & arrange black chia seeds. Bake for about 20 minutes. Do NOT brown. Allow to cool on baking sheet a couple of minutes then place on a cooling rack.