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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Beat shortening and margarine or butter about 30 seconds or till softened. | 2. Add half the flour, the sugar, egg, 2 tablespoons milk, vanilla, baking soda, and 1/4 teaspoons salt. | 3. Beat till thoroughly combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. | 4. Stir in remaining flour. | 5. Divide dough into thirds. | 6. Into one portion, mix chocolate and 2 teaspoons of the milk. | 7. Into second portion, mix cherries. | 8. Into third portion mix nuts, remaining milk, flavoring, and enough green food coloring to tint dough. | 9. To shape dough, line bottom and sides of an 8 x 4 x 2 inch loaf pan with clear plastic wrap. | 10. Press pink dough evenly in pan. | 11. Top with chocolate dough. | 12. Top with green dough. | 13. Cover and chill for 4 to 24 hours. | 14. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. | 15. Invert pan; remove dough. | 16. Remove plastic wrap. | 17. Cut dough into 1/4 inch thick slices; cut each slice crosswise into three pieces. | 18. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. | 19. Bake in 375 oven 8 to 10 minutes or till edges are lightly browned. | 20. Remove and cool on rack. | 21. Drizzle with powdered sugar icing tinted green or with melted chocolate. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
shortening	1/2	cup		906.1	0.0	0.0	102.5
butter	1/2	cup		684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
purpose flour	3	cups		-	-	-	-
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
milk	2	tablespoons		18.3	1.4340000000000002	0.945	0.981
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
baking soda	1/2	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
chocolate baking square	1		semi-sweet melted cooled	186.18	8.2418	4.1528	15.1699
milk	4	teaspoons		18.3	1.4340000000000002	0.945	0.981
red cherry	1/3	cup	chopped candied	25.8333	6.292999999999999	0.5167	0.155
pistachio nut	1/2	cup	chopped	344.4	16.7096	12.3984	27.8718
rum flavoring	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
green food coloring	3	drops		-	-	-	-
chocolate			powdered melted	-	-	-	-

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