Recipe

Italian Cookies Recipe

	Way2nrml / All my dishes 8 months, 1 week ago This is my all time favorite cookie. It isn't especially pretty, I have actually had people turn their noses up to it, but it is rich and spicy, and fun to make with children. Prep:15m Cook:20m Servings:40	Way2nrml
	chocolate nuts cookies italian fun

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Ingredients

**Wet ingredients**

4 eggs

1 1/2 C. sugar

1/2 tsp. vanilla

1 stick butter, softened

1/4 C. shortening, melted

**Dry ingredients**

3 1/4 C. all-purpose flour

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp. ground clove

1/2 C. cocoa

1 1/4 Tb. baking powder

**glaze**

2 C. powdered sugar

1/2 tsp. vanilla

3/8 C. milk

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix "wet" ingredients in one bowl and "dry" ingredients in another.

Mix wet and dry together in largest bowl and add in 1/2 C. chopped nuts (pecan or walnuts work best)

Grease hands with shortening, and roll 1 Tb. of dough between hands to form into small balls.

Bake on a cookie sheet in hot oven for 20 minutes.

Remove from oven and let rest on baking sheet for 1 minute.

Roll hot cookies in glaze and place on a wire rack to cool. (Note: place a piece of wax or parchment paper to catch the drips from the cookies and make clean up easier.)

**When you mix the glaze ingredients together, it should have the consistency of white craft glue, and you may need to make more to coat all of the cookies.

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