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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: : -

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.
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and lightly grease two cookie sheets.
Roll out dough on floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into pencil thick strips about 6 to 8 inches long.
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.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until lightly colored. Cool on wire racks.

4 - 5 dozen

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