Italian Frosted Chocolate Cookies

Name: Italian Frosted Chocolate Cookies
Prep time: 9 h 15 min
Cook time: 9 h 15 min
Total time: 9 h 15 min
Yield: 120
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 59 milliliters baking powder; 710 milliliters confectioners sugar, or more as needed; 227 grams 1/2 package cream cheese, softened; 5 eggs; 2 liters all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons ground allspice; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground cloves; 118 milliliters margarine (such as Parkay®); 59 milliliters orange juice; 1 large orange, zested; 1 teaspoon salt; 237 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Hersheys®); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, or to taste; 118 milliliters vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®); 118 milliliters chopped walnuts; 473 milliliters white sugar; 3 Tbsps whole milk, or more as needed

The recipe Italian Frosted Chocolate Cookies could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in around 9 hours and 15 minutes. One portion of this dish contains approximately 1g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 80 calories. This recipe serves 120. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar, walnuts, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Oven

Whisk flour, white sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and salt in a large bowl. Stir orange zest into flour mixture.

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Baking Powder

Cocoa Powder

Orange Zest

Granulated Sugar

Allspice

Cinnamon

Clove

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Mix vegetable shortening and margarine into dry ingredients, using your hands, until mixture is crumbly.

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Vegetable Shortening

Margarine

Beat eggs and vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric mixer until foamy; add egg mixture, 1/4 cup orange juice, and 1/4 cup milk to flour mixture and knead dough in the bowl until thoroughly combined and dough doesn't stick to your hands, about 8 minutes. Dough will be stiff. Knead cream cheese thoroughly into dough, followed by walnuts.

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Vanilla Extract

Cream Cheese

Orange Juice

Walnuts

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Milk

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Form dough into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and place onto ungreased baking sheets.

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Dough

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Baking Sheet

Bake cookies in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 12 to 14 minutes. Cool cookies on racks.

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Oven

Beat 3 tablespoons milk, 1 teaspoon orange juice, and 1 cup confectioners' sugar in a bowl until smooth; gradually beat in remaining confectioners' sugar until frosting is thick and drizzles slowly from a spoon.

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Powdered Sugar

Orange Juice

Frosting

Milk

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Bowl

Dip tops of cookies into frosting and place frosted cookies on racks with waxed paper underneath to catch drips.

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Frosting

Dip

Let cookies dry overnight.

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Servings:

59milliliters

baking powder 710milliliters

confectioners' sugar, or more as needed 227grams

1/2 package cream cheese, softened 5

eggs 2liters

all-purpose flour 2teaspoons

ground allspice 2teaspoons

ground cinnamon 2teaspoons

ground cloves 118milliliters

margarine (such as Parkay®)59milliliters

orange juice 1large

orange, zested 1teaspoon

salt 237milliliters

unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Hershey's®)1teaspoon

vanilla extract, or to taste 118milliliters

vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®)118milliliters

chopped walnuts 473milliliters

white sugar 3Tbsps

whole milk, or more as needed

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio are my top picks for Italian. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. The Barone Ricasoli Colledila Chianti Classico Gran Selezione with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 85 dollars per bottle.