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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees. | 2. Finely chop half the pecans, leaving the remaining pecans as halves. | 3. Set aside. | 4. In a large bowl, combine the baking powder, flour, sugar and salt. | 5. Set aside. | 6. In a small bowl, beat together the eggs, egg yolks and vanilla. | 7. Add to dry ingredients and mix until sticky dough is formed. | 8. Stir in pecans, cranberries and lemon zest. | 9. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. | 10. Divide dough in half. | 11. With one half, scoop out small amounts of dough with a wooden spoon and form a rough log directly on the parchment paper. | 12. With floured hands, shape rough log into a smooth log which measures 9 inches long by 3 inches wide. | 13. Repeat with second half of dough, placing it about 4-5 inches away from first log. | 14. Bake until golden brown, about 25-30 minutes. | 15. Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes or until cool enough to handle. | 16. In the meantime, reduce oven temperature to 275F degrees. | 17. On cutting board, with serrated knife, cut logs into 1/2 inch thick diagonal slices. | 18. Place pieces, cut side down, on baking sheet. | 19. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly toasted. | 20. Turn cookies over and bake for 20 minutes longer or until slightly dry. | 21. Cool on wire rack then store in an airtight container. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
pecan half	1 1/2	cups	toasted	-	-	-	-
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
purpose flour	2 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
sugar	1 1/4	cups		1007.475	251.995	0.0	0.0
salt	1/8	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
egg yolk	2			109.48	1.2206	5.3924	9.0236
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
cranberry	1	cup	dried	50.6	13.167	0.506	0.14300000000000002
lemon zest				-	-	-	-

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