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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. | 2. In a large mixer bowl, cream lightly the butter and sugar until really fluffy and pale, about three minutes. | 3. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until combined. | 4. At low speed add the combined dry ingredients and mix until just blended. | 5. Do not overmix. | 6. Place into a pastry bag fitted with a star tip, pipe onto prepared parchment lined cookie sheets, spacing two inches apart. | 7. If dough is too thick to pipe, pour in a few tablespoons of milk. | 8. If you make wreath or stars, you can add a cherry as decoration now before baking. | 9. Or you could just roll into small bals and flatten with a fork if desired. | 10. Bake for 10 to 14 minutes just until the bottoms and edges begin to turn golden brown. | 11. Remove from pans by sliding thw whole piece of parchment onto a large wire rack, and cool completely. | 12. Dip fingers or one side of each into melted chocolate and sprinkles if desired. | 13. Sandwich with raspberry jam also if desired, dip in melted white chocolate and crushed almonds. | 14. Leave plain also. | 15. Store in an airtight container. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	1	cup		1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
sugar	3/4	cup	granulated	239.85	45.006	7.5075	3.7439999999999998
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
vanilla extract	1 1/2	1/2		18.144000000000002	0.797	0.0038	0.0038
baking powder	1/2	teaspoon		1.219	0.6371	0.0	0.0
salt	1	dash		-	-	-	-
purpose flour	2 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-

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