Easiest Way to Cook Appetizing Italian Christmas Cookies

Italian Christmas Cookies. Of all the Italian cookie recipes I make, this is my favorite. These sprinkle cookies take some time, but, believe me, they are well worth it! The holiday season will soon be upon us.

Even going so far as buttery, dense almond shortbread cookies are a delicious change — swap the oil for butter and toss in some slivered almonds. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt and baking powder. In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugars until creamy. You can have Italian Christmas Cookies using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Italian Christmas Cookies

1. You need of all purpose flour.
2. It's of eggs (yes you read that right!!!!!).
3. You need of sugar.
4. Prepare of baking powder.
5. You need of butter softened.
6. Prepare of almond extract.
7. You need of lemon juice.
8. You need of Glaze :.
9. Prepare of icing sugar.
10. You need of milk warm.
11. It's of almond extract.
12. Prepare of vanilla extract.
13. Prepare of Sprinkles.
14. Prepare of Preheat the oven to.
15. Prepare of eggs Beat the until they are light and foamy ... took me about ish mins.

These Italian Christmas Cookies make great additions to the holiday cookie plate. These soft cookies are coated with an almond-flavored glaze, then topped with festive sprinkles. This big batch cookie recipe is a delicious one to add to your holiday cookie trays This year we thought we'd bake something beyond basic sugar cookies. From tender pine-nut studded Pignoli to striped Neopolitan Butter Cookies, you'll want to add one (or all) of these to your holiday baking repertoire.

Italian Christmas Cookies instructions

1. In another large bowl, mix the flour, sugar and baking powder, Mix well and set aside.
2. Back to the egg bowl, add the cup of butter and continue to beat and slowly add the flour mixture.
3. Make sure all the ingredients are well combined in this dough.
4. Make 1 inch balls out of the dough and place them (2 inches apart) on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Bake for 12-15 mins... The cookies shouldn't be all brown on the top, but should be brown on the bottom.
5. While the cookies were baking, I quickly made the glaze. As soon as the cookies were done, I dunked them in the bowl of glaze and once well coated, I placed them on a rack to drain and immediately sprinkled some sprinkles.
6. I let it sit over night so it was nice and dry and then stored in an airtight container.

Italian Christmas Cookies by Italian Grandmas! Here you will find some of the most traditional Italian Christmas cookies that our Nonne. our Grandmothers have preserved for many generations. These cookies are a staple in my house for every holiday and I adjust the extract accordingly. Halloween and Thanksgiving I use pumpkin extract in the cookies and vanilla in the icing, for Christmas, anise flavoring in the cookies and fresh lemon juice instead of water in the icing, and for Easter, orange or lemon extract in the cookies and fresh orange or lemon. These soft Italian Christmas cookies are topped with an almond-flavored glaze and finished with colorful sprinkles.