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Pound Cookies
Photo: Molly Mears

Pound Cookies

7 ingredients 9 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

822
Calories
20g
Protein
32g
Fat
111g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb vegetable shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 5 cups flour
  • additional sugar, mixed with
  • cinnamon

Directions

1

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.

2

Mix all ingredients together, starting with the shortening and adding each one in order. You can do this by hand or with a heavy-duty mixer.

3

Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls.

4

Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

5

Press with bottom of a small glass dipped in flour.

6

Bake 20 minutes.

7

When cookies are cool, dip in sugar-cinnamon mixture

8

Category:Tex-Mex Recipes

9

Category:Tex-Mex Desserts

Recipe sourced from fandom

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