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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 350°F. | 2. Cream the shortening then beat in the juice, sugar, orange extract and orange zest (mixture will appear curdled) until well combined. Blend in the eggs and beat well. | 3. Mix in all of the baking powder and flour, 1 cup at a time, blending well. Once you've added 6 cups of flour, add the remaining flour just until mixture can be rolled into a ball (batter will be sticky). | 4. Refrigerate the dough covered for several hours or even overnight. | 5. Fill a low dish with sifted icing sugar. Using a small cookie scoop. scoop several balls of the cold dough into a plate. Roll the cookies into a smooth ball then roll in the icing sugar. Place the cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet, about 2 " apart. | 6. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes, rotating the baking trays half way through the baking process. Do not overbake, cookies should be light in colour. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
shortening	1/2			906.1	0.0	0.0	102.5
orange extract	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
orange juice	1	cup		111.6	25.791999999999998	1.736	0.496
sugar	1 3/4	3/4	granulated	559.65	105.014	17.5175	8.736
egg	6			429.0	2.16	37.68	28.53
baking powder	5	teaspoons		12.19	6.371	0.0	0.0
purpose flour	6 - 6 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
orange zest	1			1.94	0.5	0.03	0.004
icing sugar			sifted	-	-	-	-

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