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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven 400°F. | 2. In bowl, cream butter and shortening. Add cloves, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and orange peel. Mix well. | 3. Beat in eggs, sugar, and almonds. | 4. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. Add to butter mixture alternately with the brandy and wine. | 5. Chill dough for about 30 minutes to an hour, or until firm enough to roll. | 6. Turn chilled dough out on a floured board and roll until the dough is very thin. | 7. Using pastry cutters, cut the dough into desired shapes. | 8. Bake on greased cookie sheets for 10-15 minutes, or until nicely browned. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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
clove	1/4	teaspoon		1.4385	0.344	0.0313	0.0682
ginger	1/2	teaspoon		0.8	0.1777	0.0182	0.0075
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
allspice	1/2	teaspoon		2.4985	0.6851	0.0579	0.0826
orange zest	1/2	teaspoon		0.97	0.25	0.015	0.002
egg	2		beaten	143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
sugar	1 2/3	2/3		1343.3	335.9933	0.0	0.0
almond	1/3	cup	ground	642.3733	0.0	0.0	72.6667
flour	4	cups		2313.12	506.4216	37.604	8.9744
baking soda	1/2	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
baking powder	1/2	teaspoon		1.219	0.6371	0.0	0.0
brandy	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
port wine	1/4 - 1/2	cup		-	-	-	-

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