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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Combine flour and shortening as if for pie crust. Add baking powder and combine. | 2. In a separate bowl, beat eggs and then add sugar and vanilla. | 3. Add flour mixture to egg mixture. | 4. To shape cookies, you can simply roll them into 1-inch balls or you can roll them into logs and fold them into pretzel shapes. They will puff up some but will mostly retain whatever shape you form them into. | 5. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 14 minutes. They will not brown much. | 6. Cool and frost with your favorite glaze and add sprinkles. For convenience, you can melt store-bought frosting. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
flour	4	cups		2313.12	506.4216	37.604	8.9744
shortening	1/2	cup		906.1	0.0	0.0	102.5
sugar	3/4	cup		604.485	151.197	0.0	0.0
vanilla extract	2	teaspoons		24.191999999999997	1.0626	0.005	0.005
egg	5			357.5	1.8	31.4	23.775
baking powder	4	teaspoons		9.752	5.0968	0.0	0.0

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