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These are decorative holiday cookies adding quite a bright, colorful aromatic touch to your plate of cookies.

INGREDIENTS (6 dozen)

170 g (¾ cup)

butter or margarine, softened

160 g (¾ cup)

solid shortening (e.g. Crisco)

200 g (1 cup)

sugar

30 ml (2 tsp)

grated orange peel

(2)

eggs

400 g (4 cups)

all-purpose flour

red cinnamon candies (optional)

green food coloring (optional)

PROCEDURE

(1)

Heat oven to 200°C .

(2)

Mix thoroughly butter, shortening, sugar, orange peel, and eggs.

(3)

Blend in flour. Color with green food coloring, if desired.

(4)

Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into ropes, each 15 cm long and 5 mm in diameter.

(5)

Form each rope into a circle, bringing one end over the other and through into a single knot. Let 1 cm extend at each end.

(6)

Place on ungreased baking sheet.

(7)

Press in red cinnamon candies, if desired.

(8)

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown.

(9)

Immediately remove from baking sheet.

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