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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 350 degrees. | 2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together brown sugar, shortening, baking soda, cinnamon and vanilla until the mixture forms a firm paste. | 3. Add, mixing after each addition until blended, the molasses, egg and milk. | 4. Gradually add the flour, mixing to form a dough; Roll dough out to about 1/4 inch thick; cut with a large pig-shaped cutter; Place each marranito on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. | 5. In a cup or small bowl, beat egg; Using a pastry brush, paint tops of marranitos lightly with beaten egg. | 6. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes, or until browned. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
brown sugar	1 1/4	cups		1045.0	269.7475	0.33	0.0
vegetable shortening	1/4	cup		461.25	0.0	0.0	51.25
baking soda	1 1/2	1/2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
vanilla	1 1/2	1/2		18.144000000000002	0.797	0.0038	0.0038
unsulphured molasses	1	cup	unsulphured	-	-	-	-
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
milk	1/4	cup		37.21	2.9158	1.9215	1.9947
purpose flour	6	cups		-	-	-	-
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755

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