This is one of several recipes for Italian Wedding Cookies out there. We had these cookies recently at a shower and I decided to share the recipe for Wendy at Ivory Spring and anyone else who might like it.
Ingredients:
5 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
4 eggs
1-1/2 cups Sugar
1/2 cup melted crisco
1/4 cup softened butter
3/4 cup milk
2 tsp. Anise
Mix together the dry ingredients. Beat the eggs and sugar together. Add the crisco, butter, milk and anise. Work into dry ingredients. Roll into 1/2 thick rolls. Cut to desired size and place on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for approx. 10 minutes. When cool you can ice them.
Icing:
3 Tblsp. melted butter
3 Cups powdered sugar
3 Tblsp. lite whipping cream or 1/2 and 1/2.
2 tsp. anise
Mix together and if you want to add food coloring to coordinate with your event now is the time. Ice the cookies…
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Very interesting ! I have never seen such Italian cookies, maybe their origin is from Sicily.
Good morning, Ellen!
THANKS BUNCHES! I am definitely going to try it – very soon – as soon as I get these quilts done! 🙂 I had actually asked for the recipe because we do have some Italian in some of us.
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Your photos look like a page from a magazine. Just beautiful! The cookies are so colorful too.
We love your photo of Italian wedding cookies and linked to it here: http://www.zankyou.com/us/magazine/p/cookie-tables-regional-wedding-tradition
Have a great day!