Italian Cookies with Icing recipe
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Ingredients
- 6 cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons baking powder 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 cup white sugar 6 large eggs 4 teaspoons almond extract 1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar 1 teaspoon almond extract, or to taste ¼ cup milk 2 tablespoons nonpareils, or to taste
Nutrition Info
- 108.2 caloriescarbohydrate: 16.6 gcholesterol: 26.8 mgfat: 3.7 gfiber: 0.3 gprotein: 2 gsaturatedFat: 2.1 gservingSize: -sodium: 56.9 mgsugar: 6.8 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Italian Cookies with Icing
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Sift flour and baking powder together into a bowl.
Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in almond extract. Add flour mixture, 1 cup at a time, mix on low speed until incorporated. Roll batter into teaspoon-sized balls and place on the prepared baking sheets.
Bake in batches in the preheated oven until edges are golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
While cookies are baking, beat confectioners' sugar, milk, and almond extract for icing in a bowl until smooth.
Set cooled cookies close together on a cookie sheet. Frost with icing and sprinkle with nonpareils.