ITALIAN CHOCOLATE SPICE COOKIES
I recently found this old family recipe in my mom's kitchen. I made a few adjustments to streamline the process, and the cookies turned out wonderfully. -Shawn Barto, Winter Garden, Florida
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 40m
Yield 5 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs, milk and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and cloves; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in walnuts., Shape level tablespoons of dough into balls; place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until bottoms are light brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For glaze, in a large bowl, mix confectioners' sugar, corn syrup and enough milk to reach desired consistency. Dip tops of cookies into glaze; if desired, decorate with sprinkles. Let stand until set. Store between pieces of waxed paper in airtight containers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 99 calories, Fat 4g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 13mg cholesterol, Sodium 57mg sodium, Carbohydrate 15g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 2g protein.
ITALIAN CHOCOLATE COOKIES
This recipe is from an Italian friend of mine and they are so good!
Provided by Sandy G.
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Sift 3 cups flour twice. In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, white sugar and cocoa. Cream 1 cup butter or margarine; blend into flour mixture. Add 1/3 cup milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla and nuts. Mix thoroughly with hands until well blended. (Dough should be the consistency of pie crust, but not sticky.)
- For each cookie, pinch off about 1 teaspoon dough. Roll by hands into balls, each about one-inch in diameter. Place on greased baking sheets. Do not flatten. Bake about 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove from baking sheets; cool on racks. When cool, drizzle each generously with chocolate frosting. Sprinkle with candy sprinkles if desired.
- To make Chocolate Frosting: Melt the chocolate squares over low heat. Cream with 1 tablespoon of butter or margarine, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 2 cups of confectioner's sugar. Gradually add hot milk, beating until smooth.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 226.1 calories, Carbohydrate 30.2 g, Cholesterol 22.1 mg, Fat 11.4 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 6.2 g, Sodium 142.8 mg, Sugar 16.5 g
ITALIAN CHOCOLATE COOKIES
Make and share this Italian Chocolate Cookies recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Tonkcats
Categories Dessert
Yield 96-120 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Cream butter, then cream shortening.
- Add sugar and mix.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix well until smooth consistency.
- Roll a golf-ball size amount of batter into a ball.
- Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 325 degrees about 25 minutes.
- Keep checking to see if they are not too doughy, or too done.
- Frost with white frosting.
- Italian White Frosting: Beat egg whites until stiff.
- Add sugar and juice. Stir until completely mixed.
- Dip chocolate cookies into frosting mixture upside down, holding onto bottom.
- Place on waxed paper until frosting dries.
- When dried, put into covered containers.
- Makes enough frosting for approximately 10 dozen cookies.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 166.1, Fat 7.7, SaturatedFat 2.8, Cholesterol 19, Sodium 74, Carbohydrate 22.2, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 6.2, Protein 3.4
ITALIAN CHRISTMAS FROSTED COOKIES
Old fashioned Italian Christmas cookies. Very easy to make and yummy too! This recipe was adopted from Taste of Home.
Provided by IronChefNicole
Categories Dessert
Time 27m
Yield 96 cookies, 30 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in ricotta and vanilla.
- Combine flour, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture.
- Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Remove to wire racks to cool.
- In a bowl, cream butter, sugar and vanilla. Add enough milk until frosting reaches spreading consistency. Frost cooled cookies and immediately decorate with sprinkles. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 261.6, Fat 10.3, SaturatedFat 6.3, Cholesterol 46.7, Sodium 208, Carbohydrate 38.6, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 25.2, Protein 4.1
ICED ITALIAN COOKIES
Posted by request, these pretty little cookies are very often served at holiday gatherings in many Italian American families. You may shape them any way you prefer, and change the flavoring of the icing slightly to suit your tastes. The original recipe came from one of my favorite community style cookbooks called "Preserving Our Italian Heritage" compiled by the Sons of Italy Florida Foundation. I combined several variations submitted by 5 different ladies, all of whom used the same basic cookie recipe but used slightly different methods in shaping and icing the cookies. The yield will vary depending upon how you shape your cookies.
Provided by HeatherFeather
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Yield 1 batch cookies (amount will vary upon shape)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cream butter and sugar until soft and creamy.
- Add eggs and vanilla, mixing well.
- Combine flour and baking powder, then blend into the butter mixture.
- Break off small, walnut sized pieces of dough and shape into bows, braids, knots,"s" shapes, or any shape you desire.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 375 F until lightly browned, about 15-20 minutes.
- Cool on wire racks,then ice as desired.
- Icing: Blend sugar and your choice of flavoring, adding milk slowly to form a soft, smooth icing (some ice the cookies while they are still warm, others wait until they are cooled).
- Sprinkle with colored sugar or confettini (tiny multi-colored sprinkles) before icing sets.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 5327.4, Fat 199.7, SaturatedFat 121.2, Cholesterol 864.3, Sodium 3975.9, Carbohydrate 804.9, Fiber 13.6, Sugar 411.8, Protein 67.2
FROSTED CHOCOLATE COOKIES
This was the most requested cookie for my late grandmother to make. It is a small drop cookie; one everyone will love. Spread my grandmother's Chocolate Frosting on this delicious cookies. The recipe can be found here on CookieRecipe.com!
Provided by Greg Pierce
Categories Desserts Cookies Chocolate Cookie Recipes
Yield 48
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.
- Sift flour, soda, and salt together.
- In the top half of a double boiler, melt the chocolate over low heat.
- Cream together brown sugar, butter, and egg in a large mixing bowl. Slowly mix in the flour mixture and mix until well blended. Pour in melted chocolate, sour cream, and vanilla. Mix well and stir in nuts.
- Drop dough by teaspoonful onto greased cookie sheet about 1 inch apart. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Cookies will be soft and about the size of a half dollar.
- When cooled top with Chocolate Frosting.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 79.5 calories, Carbohydrate 9.3 g, Cholesterol 10.5 mg, Fat 4.5 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 1.2 g, SaturatedFat 2.4 g, Sodium 44 mg, Sugar 4.5 g
CHOCOLATE ITALIAN WEDDING COOKIES
No one knows how or why the cookie table became a wedding tradition in Pittsburgh. Some believe the Italians started it, others the Europeans and many theorize it began during the Depression when wedding cakes weren't as common; Guests contributed cookies so the expense of an elaborate cake didn't fall on one family. Regardless of the provenance, for as long as anyone there can remember, wedding receptions have featured the tables, laden with dozens of homemade old-fashioned offerings like lady locks, pizzelles and buckeyes. These lightly-spiced chocolate-walnut cookies, part of the spread at Laura Gerrero and Luke Wiehagen's Steeltown wedding in 2009, are topped with a simple confectioners' sugar glaze and chocolate sprinkles.
Provided by Ron Lieber
Categories cookies and bars, dessert
Time 1h5m
Yield 6 to 7 dozen cookies
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- For the cookies: Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, Thoroughly mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, allspice, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Add walnuts, and mix again.
- In a small saucepan, combine shortening and milk. Place over low heat until shortening melts. Remove from heat, add vanilla, and whisk to blend. Add milk mixture to flour mixture and stir until well blended. While warm, roll dough into 1- to 1 1/2-inch balls. Place about 1 1/2 inches apart on ungreased or parchment paper lined baking sheets, and bake until surface is no longer shiny, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
- For icing and decorating: Place confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl and mix in enough milk to make icing just thick enough to coat the top of a cookie. Dip top of each cookie into icing, then into sprinkles, and set aside to dry. When cookies are completely dry, store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 103, UnsaturatedFat 3 grams, Carbohydrate 15 grams, Fat 5 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 29 milligrams, Sugar 9 grams, TransFat 0 grams
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