Berliner Krantzer Wreaths (Germany)

3/4 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup plus 2 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. grated orange peel
2 eggs
4 cups sifted flour
1 egg white
Red and green colored sugar

Mix butter, shortening, 1 cup sugar, orange peel and 2 eggs thoroughly. Stir in flour. Chill several hours or overnight. Roll small pieces of dough to the size of a pencil and 6” long. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Form each to a circle, bringing one end over and through in a single knot. Beat one egg white until stiff; add 2 Tbsp. sugar. Brush tops of cookies with meringue. Sprinkle ‘wreath’ with green colored sugar and ‘bow’ with red colored sugar. Bake at 400 degrees for 9 minutes. Yield 4 dozen.