Italian Wedding Cookies

Category: Desserts

Cuisine: not set

Ready in 45 minutes
by gecorsello

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups All purpose flour

2 teaspoons Baking powder

1/4 teaspoon Salt

3 large Eggs

1/2 cup Sugar

1/2 cup Sweet butter

1 1/2 teaspoons anise extract

2 cups Powdered sugar

2 -3 tablespoons Milk

1 teaspoon almond extract

4 tablespoons nonpareils or sprinkles


Directions

To make the cookie dough: Mix the baking powder, salt and flour in a small bowl and set aside. Using an electric mixer, combine the eggs, sugar, butter and extract on medium speed for about 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Add the dry ingredients and combine slowly just until mixed. Using a tablespoon, roll the dough into balls and place onto a parchment lined baking sheet, about 1 inch apart. Chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350F, and then bake for 10 to 12 minutes. To frost: Mix the ingredients for the frosting, adding the milk one tablespoon at a time. I prefer to use a teaspoon and pour a bit of frosting over the cooled cookies but some like to dunk their cookies in the frosting to frost. Make sure that the cookies are completely cooled before frosting otherwise, the frosting will just drip off. Add sprinkles/nonpareils while the frosting is still wet or they won't stick.

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