tarralli
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A traditional Italian Easter cookie, this pretty, shaped cookie is all about flavoring and coloring the frosting. In our family, the frosting is made in four flavors: almond (colored green), lemon (yellow), orange (orange), and anise (blue).
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Ingredients For tarralli
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9 cflour
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6 tspbaking powder
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1 tspsalt
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3 stickmargarine
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8 ozsour cream
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2 Tbsppure vanilla extract
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9eggs
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3 3/4 cpowdered sugar
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2-3 cpowdered sugar
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2/3 cbutter or margarine, soft
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2-3 Tbspmilk
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splashbrewed coffee
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1/8 tspflavoring or extract of choice, adjust amount to taste.
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2-3 dropsfood coloring
How To Make tarralli
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1Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Measure flour into a large bowl. Mix in salt and baking powder.
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2In another large bowl (or in the bowl of your stand mixer), blend margarine, sour cream, and vanilla. Mix in eggs one at a time. Slowly, or on low speed, add powdered sugar and flour mixture. Blend until a soft dough forms.
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3Place the dough on a floured board and knead well, at least five minutes. Cut off a small piece or dough and roll to the thickness of a pencil. Cut into approximately 3 inch pieces and twist into braids and knots.
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4Place shaped dough on a greased cookie sheet, about an inch and a half apart. Bake 12-15 minutes. Do NOT over-bake! Take them out before they brown or they'll be dry. Cool on a cookie rack completely before frosting.
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5In a medium bowl, blend powdered sugar, butter, milk and coffee, adjusting powdered sugar and milk as needed to create a smooth frosting. Divide frosting into four smaller bowls. First flavor each bowl, adjusting amount of flavored extract to taste. After desired flavor is achieved, color each bowl with a few drops of food coloring. Traditionally, the colors are kept muted, but they can be made as bright as desired. Once the frosting is colored, frost cooled cookies.
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