Italian Christmas Cookies

Submitted by PumpKIM

"Version #1 (Thanks, Linda!)"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 96

ingredients

• 8 eggs
• 1 cup oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 5 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 teaspoons baking powder
• 6 cups flour

directions

1. Mix together all liquid ingredients with mixer and then add flour until you get a dough (similar to a bread dough but not as dry).
2. Cut dough in four pieces.
3. Cut a slice approximately 1/2 inch and roll out. You can either twist into a braid or a circle (what ever shape you wish).
4. Bake @ 325 degrees for approximately 20 minutes (until slightly brown).
5. Glaze (Optional) Confectionary Sugar, Milk and Vanilla (mix until you get a slightly stiff glaze and then apply to cookies).

Reviews

[DEEP336]

PERFECTION for Christmas gifts! Truly Italian, thus NOT TOO sweet! Myself and neighbors will be munching on these for days to come. Thanks for sharing, Kimmy!

 

[CHRISSYG]

Good recipe, not quite sweet enough. Next time I will add a bit more sugar. I halved this and the consistency was not affected. Also, just a different way to make these, I rolled the dough in toasted sesame seeds (like my grandmom used to do) Thank you for posting this Kimmy, this is as close to my grandmom's cookies as I could find.

 

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Theses turned out pretty good, they weren't very sweet, however. :)

 

[Nikki C.]

This is VERY similar to the recipe we use that my Italian Grandmother used to make. It is slightly different so we combined the 2 recipes and made them better than ever. Thank you for posting such a family classic. They are truly our favorite at Christmas time. We even roll the dough out and use cookie cutters on them for a different look. The whole family just loves them. Thank you again.