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Italian Chocolate Cookies Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1¼ cups Raisins (soak in hot water to soften, drained than coarsely chopped)
2 bottles of Maraschino cherries (drained and coarsely chopped)
1¼ cups chopped walnuts (coarsely chopped)
1 cup Crisco shortening
1 cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
5 eggs
5 cups flour
5 tsp baking powder
3 tbs allspice
1 tsp cloves
5 tbs cocos (use Hershey's Special dark Chocolate if possible
1 box confectionery sugar
Directions:
Directions:
Prepare and set aside:
Raisins
Cherries
Walnuts

Cream together (5 minutes)
Shortening
Sugars
Eggs

Add to the creamed mixture:
Spices
Cocoa
Raisins, cherries and nuts
Than slowly add flour

Use a tsp full of dough and roll each cookie by hand or use a cookie scoop. If your dough is too sticky, moisten your hands ( or scoop) with water.

Prepare cookie sheet with parchment paper or grease with with Crisco and flour

Bake at 375º for 8-10 minutes or until LIGHTLY cooked on bottom. Allow to cool until warm.

FROSTING:
1 box of conf. sugar
Blend with milk until you get the consistency you want (frosting should drip off
cookies when placed on cooling rack.) Add 2 tsp of anise, almond, or, vanilla
extract. Allow frosted cookies to "dry" on cooling rack.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
5-6 dozen
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
1 hour
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
These cookies freeze well

 

 

 

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