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Italian Love Knots




Source of Recipe


Sunday Dinner


List of Ingredients




1/2 pound butter -- softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder


Recipe



Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light.
Add oil, eggs, and vanilla. Mix well.
On low speed, add 2 cups of flour and baking powder. Mix just until
blended.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface.
Knead in remaining 1/2 cup of flour. Knead until the dough is soft but
not
sticky.
Cover with plastic wrap and let dough rest at room temperature 15 to
20
minutes.
Break off pieces of dough and roll on a lightly floured surface into
small
snakes, about 1/2 inch wide by 4 inches long. Twist or knot dough
pieces, or
shape into an s.
Place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, spacing each 2 inches apart.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges begin to brown.
Remove cookie sheet from the oven. Using a metal spatula, remove
cookies
from the sheet and place on a wire cooling rack.
Cool completely.

Frost, if desired, with confectioners icing.
Store cookies in an airtight container.