Italian Knots Cookies with Lemon Icing Recipe

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Italian Knots Cookies with Lemon Icing

Added by: Dottie-"Family Plus Food Equals Love" on May 29th, 2012

My recipe for you is "Italian Knot Cookie," which are easy and scrumptious. There is nothing like a genuine homemade Italian cookie. It is like a little taste of love all wrapped in one small bite. Italian mothers and grandmothers have used their recipes and have passed them down from .. more >

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Prep Time:
20 min

Cook Time:
30 min

Ready In:
50 min

Ingredients:

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5 Eggs
5 teaspoons of baking powder
5 tablespoons of sugar
5 large tablespoons of Crisco
2 1/2 cups of all purpose unbleached flour (may have to use more depending on dough/for medium dough, softened)
Lemon Zest of one lemon
pinch of salt

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Nutrition Facts

Italian Knots Cookies with Lemon Icing

Servings Per Recipe: 4

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 579

Total Fat: 22.9 g
Saturated Fat: 4.2 g
Trans Fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 204.6 mg
Sodium: 442.3 mg
Total Carbs: 78.8 g
Dietary Fiber: 2.3 g
Sugars: 16.2 g
Protein: 15 g

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Directions:

	1 Mix in bowl, eggs, sugar, Crisco and lemon zest.
	2 Mix together and blend baking powder, flour and a pinch of salt with eggs, sugar and Crisco. Form quarter sized balls of dough. Put dough on board and roll long thin strips. Take strip and put it around your fingers to form a rope and twist into a simple knot shape (tuck the ends under) Bake at 350 degrees on lightly greased or non-stick baking sheet for 14-20 minutes.

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The cookie glaze or icing:
2 box Squeeze the juice of lemons into 1/2 a of powdered sugar. Mix until smooth Dip cooled cookies into glaze Place on rack and dust with rainbow sprinkles.

Depending on the size of the cookie that you make, will determine the amount of cookies this recipe yields.

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Madeline

By: Madeline on Sep 9th, 2012

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My mother used to make these espeically at holiday time. Great with a cup of coffee. Thanks for the memories...

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