Chocolate Cherry Pinwheels

From your Auntie M.
Time consuming little treats, but worth it!

3/4 C. softened butter
1 C. sugar
2 eggs
3 C. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. almond extract
1/4 C. maraschino cherries, chopped
3 drops red food coloring
1 tsp. vanilla
1 T. milk
1/4 C. unsweetened baking cocoa

Beat butter, sugar, and eggs. Beat in flour, baking powder, and salt.
Divide dough in half.
Add almond, cherries, and red color to one half. Half dough again, refrigerate into two separate cherry pieces wrapped in Saran Wrap.

Add vanilla, milk, and cocoa to remaining half of original split. Half dough again; refrigerate into two separate chocolate pieces wrapped in Saran Wrap.

Refrigerate all dough at least 45 minutes.

Take out all 4 pieces of dough and rollout separately onto wax paper, 10x7".
Refrigerate 30 minutes.
Put one cherry and one chocolate dough together and roll-up together into a log. Repeat with other dough. Wrap in Saran Wrap. Refrigerate 2 hours.

Slice into 1/4" thick slices and bake on ungreased cookie sheet @ 350* for 8-11 minutes.

{LDM}