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• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 15 minutes, Preparation Time - 45 minutes

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| 1. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut in butter using a pastry blender, or pinching between your fingers. Add egg, and mix until a dough forms. It may take a couple of minutes of mixing. When the dough starts to hold together, turn it out onto a floured surface and knead briefly. Shape dough into a long roll, wrap, and set aside. | 2. Place the figs, almonds, apricot preserves, raisins, orange peel, chocolate, rum, and cinnamon into a food processor or blender. Process until finely chopped. If the fruit is hard, it may be soaked in boiling water to soften for 15 minutes before processing. | 3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a small bowl, mix together the remaining egg and milk to make an egg wash. | 4. Divide dough into 12 pieces. On a lightly floured surface, roll each piece out into a 3x12 inch rectangle. Brush the strips of dough lightly with egg wash. Place a strip of the fruit mixture lengthwise down the center of each piece of dough, and fold the edges over. Roll gently to seal. This will make the filled tube of dough a little bit longer. Cut each tube into 3 inch pieces. Make a one inch long slit with a knife down the center of each cut end. Spread the ends out to form an X shape. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto lightly greased cookie sheets. | 5. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are golden. Allow cookies to cool on the tray for at least 5 minutes, so they will not be too delicate, before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar when cool. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
purpose flour	4	cups		-	-	-	-
sugar	2/3	cup		537.32	134.3973	0.0	0.0
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	1	cup	cubed	1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
fig	3/4	pound		251.7441	65.2493	2.5515	1.0206
almond	1/2	cup	chopped toasted	963.56	0.0	0.0	109.0
apricot preserve	1/3	cup		258.1333	68.6933	0.7467	0.2133
golden raisin	1/4	cup		124.575	32.802	1.3984	0.1898
orange peel	1/4	cup	chopped candied	23.28	6.0	0.36	0.048
chocolate chip	1/3	cup	semisweet	-	-	-	-
dark rum	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
egg	1		beaten	71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
milk	2	tablespoons		18.3	1.4340000000000002	0.945	0.981
confectioner sugar	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-

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