Nutritional Facts: Traditional Mexican Wedding Cookies

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  1 cup (227g)
butter
1/2 cup (60g)
powdered sugar
1 teaspoon (4g)
vanilla
2 1/4 cups (281g)
sifted flour
1/4 teaspoon (2g)
salt
3/4 cup (88g)
walnuts
1 to taste (0g)
powdered sugar
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.9 0.0 0.6 n/a 2 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 1.2 0.0 2.0 n/a 3 0
Ash (g) 4.8 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.5 1.6 n/a 9 0
Aspartic acid (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 1.2 0.0 1.6 n/a 3 0
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 9.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 56.2 n/a 65 2
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 54.5 0.6 0.5 42.2 0.4 86.0 n/a 184 5
Calories 1,627.6 233.4 12.1 1,023.8 0.0 573.9 n/a 3,471 96
Calories (kj) 6,807.7 976.2 50.6 4,283.4 0.0 2,402.6 n/a 14,521 403
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.1 n/a 6 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.1 59.9 0.5 214.6 0.0 12.0 n/a 287 8
Cholesterol (mg) 488.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 488 14
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.4 n/a 2 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.6 0.0 0.2 n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.6 0.0 5.9 n/a 13 0
Folate (mcg) 6.8 0.0 0.0 514.7 0.0 86.0 n/a 607 17
Folate, DFE (mcg) 6.8 0.0 0.0 818.4 0.0 86.0 n/a 911 25
Folate, food (mcg) 6.8 0.0 0.0 81.6 0.0 86.0 n/a 174 5
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 433.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 433 12
Fructose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.4 n/a n/a 9.8 0.0 2.5 n/a 13 0
Glycine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 1.0 0.0 0.7 n/a 2 0
Histidine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.6 0.0 0.3 n/a 1 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.1 0.0 2.6 n/a 16 0
Isoleucine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 1.0 0.0 0.5 n/a 2 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.2 n/a n/a 2.0 0.0 1.0 n/a 3 0
Lysine (g) 0.2 n/a n/a 0.6 0.0 0.4 n/a 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 4.5 0.0 0.5 61.9 0.0 138.6 n/a 206 6
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 3.0 n/a 5 0
Methionine (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.5 0.0 0.2 n/a 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 47.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 7.8 n/a 56 2
Niacin (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 16.6 0.0 1.0 n/a 18 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.5 n/a 2 0
Phenylalanine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 1.5 0.0 0.6 n/a 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 54.5 0.0 0.3 303.8 0.0 303.6 n/a 662 18
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 63.2 n/a 63 2
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 6.9 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 41.4 n/a 49 1
Potassium (mg) 54.5 1.2 6.2 300.9 0.1 387.0 n/a 750 21
Proline (g) 0.2 n/a n/a 3.4 0.0 0.6 n/a 4 0
Protein (g) 1.9 0.0 0.0 29.1 0.0 13.4 n/a 44 1
Retinol (mcg) 1,523.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1,523 42
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.1 n/a 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 116.6 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 5.4 n/a 122 3
Selenium (mcg) 2.3 0.4 0.0 95.3 0.0 4.3 n/a 102 3
Serine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 1.5 0.0 0.8 n/a 2 0
Sodium (mg) 1,620.8 1.2 0.4 5.6 581.4 1.8 n/a 2,211 61
Starch n/a 0.8 n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 1 0
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.9 n/a 1 0
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2.1 n/a 2 0
Sugar (g) 0.1 58.7 0.5 0.8 0.0 2.3 n/a 62 2
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.3 n/a 3 0
Threonine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.8 0.0 0.5 n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 n/a 6 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.2 n/a 0.1 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 1.7 n/a 2 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 1.1 n/a 18.3 n/a 19 1
Total Fat (g) 184.1 0.0 0.0 2.8 0.0 57.2 n/a 244 7
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 6.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7 0
TransFatty acids (g) 7.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.4 0.0 0.1 n/a 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 0.9 0.0 0.4 n/a 1 0
Valine (g) 0.1 n/a n/a 1.2 0.0 0.7 n/a 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 5,672.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.6 n/a 5,690 158
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 1,552.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 n/a 1,554 43
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 n/a 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 n/a 1 0
Vitamin D (IU) 136.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 136 4
Water (g) 36.0 0.1 2.2 33.5 0.0 3.6 n/a 75 2
Zinc (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 2.7 n/a 5 0

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