Description
Italian, Christmas cookie, round, chocolate and spicy. The smell always gets me charged for the holidays. The taste puts you in heaven.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
- Cream the butter margarine or shortening
- white sugar
- eggs and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl
- stir the flour
- 2/3 cup cocoa
- baking powder
- baking soda
- salt and spices. Add flour mixture to butter mixture. If too sticky add more flour
- if too dry add a little milk. Add nuts and mix with hands. Must be of consistency to roll into little 1/2 – 1 inch balls.
- After you have cookie dough to handling consistency by adjusting it with either the flour or milk
- roll into little balls
- place on the cookie sheet and bake for about 10-12 minutes
- cookie should be firm. Do not overcook. Remove from oven
- let rest on the sheet for a few moments and remove to wax paper. When cool
- frost with confectioner’s sugar and cocoa glaze.
- To Make Glaze: Combine 4 cups confectioner’s sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- add about 1/2 cup milk. Consistency should be of a glaze. Pour small amount of glaze over each cookie (about 1 tsp.). Decorate with sprinkles while glaze is still wet.
Servings: 30