German Wreaths recipe

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Ingredients

¾ cup shortening
1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 eggs, separated
⅓ cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Nutrition Info

57 calories
carbohydrate: 6.9 g
cholesterol: 13.3 mg
fat: 2.9 g
fiber: 0.1 g
protein: 0.8 g
saturatedFat: 0.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 4.5 mg
sugar: 3.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. In large bowl cream together shortening and confectioners' sugar. Beat in uncooked egg yolks and hard-boiled eggs. Gradually blend in flour. Cover dough and chill for 8 hours or overnight.

  2. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and lightly grease two cookie sheets.

  3. Roll out dough on floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into pencil thick strips about 6 to 8 inches long.

  4. For each cookie, braid three strips and form into a circle pinching ends together. Place cookies 1 inch apart on cookie sheets. Brush with the beaten eggwhites. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

  5. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until lightly colored. Cool on wire racks.

Recipe Yield

4 - 5 dozen

Recipe Note

Made with hard-boiled eggs! Often a Christmas cookie but good any time.

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