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Ethnic: White Italian Cookie

Source of Recipe

Submitted by AnnMarie Salviski


Recipe Introduction

I'm third generation Italian, My Mother gave this recipe to me. My Grandmother Metro brought it with her from Calabria, Italy. This cookie is a holiday must in our house

Recipe Link: www.christmas-baking.com

List of Ingredients

4 cups flour
4 tsps baking powder
1 cup lard (we use crisco)
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup whole milk
2 tsp vanilla
3 whole eggs
3 egg yolks



Recipe

Sift dry ingredients together, cut crisco into flour mixture (mixture should be crumbly). Make a well in the flour mixture and add the eggs, vanilla and milk. Mix by hand mixture will be sticky, put a little flour in your hands and roll into balls or open figure eight twists. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Frost with a simple white frosting (color for the holidays) while frosting is wet dip cookin in chopped walnuts or cocoanut.

Recipe yeilds about 3 dozen cookies depending on how big you roll the ball or make the twist.