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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 400^F. | 2. In a large bowl, beat shortening and butter until fluffy. | 3. Add sugar a little bit at a time. | 4. Add egg yolks, orange juice, and peel. | 5. Stir in flour with spatula. | 6. On a floured surface, roll out the dough to 3/4". Cut out 2 1/2" circles and place them on a greased baking sheet. Roll the dough scraps and continue to roll until all the dough is used. | 7. Bake for 25 minutes. Be careful not to overcook them--they are done when they are barely starting to tan. | 8. Transfer to a rack to cool. | 9. Sprinkle with powdered sugar through a fine sieve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
vegetable shortening	1/2	cup		922.5	0.0	0.0	102.5
butter	1/2	cup		684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
sugar	1/2	cup		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
egg yolk	2			109.48	1.2206	5.3924	9.0236
orange juice	1/4	cup		27.9	6.4479999999999995	0.434	0.124
orange zest	2			3.88	1.0	0.06	0.008
purpose flour	4	cups		-	-	-	-
sugar			powdered	-	-	-	-

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