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  European >> Italian >> Italian

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• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 10 minutes, Preparation Time - 15 minutes

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| 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. | 2. In a large bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 teaspoon almond extract, 1/4 cup milk and oil. Combine the flour and baking powder, stir into the wet mixture. Roll dough into 1 inch balls. On a lightly floured surface, roll the balls out into ropes about 5 inches long. Tie into loose knots and place cookies 1 inch apart onto the prepared cookie sheets. | 3. Bake for 5 minutes on the bottom shelf and 5 minutes on the top shelf of the preheated oven, until the bottoms of the cookies are golden brown. When cookies are cool, dip them into the icing. | 4. To make the icing, cream together the confectioners' sugar, 1/2 cup butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 teaspoon almond extracts. Beat in 3 tablespoons milk, one tablespoon at a time, then stir in the food coloring if desired. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	1/2	cup		684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
white sugar	3/4	cup		580.5	149.97	0.0	0.0
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
almond extract	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
milk	1/4	cup		37.21	2.9158	1.9215	1.9947
vegetable oil	1/4	cup		469.79	0.0	0.0	54.5
purpose flour	3 3/4	cups		-	-	-	-
baking powder	5	teaspoons		12.19	6.371	0.0	0.0
confectioner sugar	4	cups		-	-	-	-
butter	1/2	cup	softened	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
almond extract	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
milk	3	tablespoons		37.21	2.9158	1.9215	1.9947
red food coloring	3	drops		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.