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DessertsKidney Cooking | Georgia Council on Renal NutritionRibbon CakesThese festive cookies are baked in an unusual way toproduce stripes of jelly across them. They will keep for sixweeks tightly covered and are excellent to make ahead forchristmas. This recipe comes from Finland.Yield: 84 cookiesServing size: 2 cookiesIngredients3 cups unsifted all-purpose flour1 cup sugar1 teaspoon baking powder1 cup (½ pound) butter or margarine,softenedDirections1. Heat oven to 375°F.2. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar,and baking powder.3. Blend in butter with finger tips orpastry blender until mixture resemblescornmeal.4. Add eggs, egg white and vanilla;work into stiff dough.5. Divide dough into two balls, one twicethe size of the other. On a heavilyfloured board (¼ to ½ cup flour), rollout the larger ball to 1/8" thickness.6. Place rolled dough in a cookie pan(11" x 15 ½"), smoothing out to edges2 whole eggs plus 1 egg white½ teaspoon vanilla1 cup jelly or jam (plum, blackberry,or raspberry jelly, or apricot jam)2 tablespoons sugarand patching corners. Spread jellyover the top.7. Roll out remaining dough to 1/8"thickness and cut into ½ " wide strips;place strips diagonally across the jelly,½" apart. Sprinkle sugar over the top.Place in oven.8. When edges start to brown (about20 minutes), take pan from the oven,cut off and remove about a 3" stripall around the edges. Return pan tooven, remove after 10 minutes.9. Cut into 1" x 2" rectangles.Makes 7 dozen cookies.Nutritional content per serving106 calories 1 gram trans fat 65 milligrams sodium1 gram protein 14 milligrams cholesterol 17 milligrams potassium5 gram total fat 15 grams carbohydrate 27 milligrams phosphorus1gram saturated fat 0 grams fiber 11 milligrams calciumSource: Sunset Cookbook— 76 —