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all-purpose sugar cocoa powder baking powder ground allspice ground cinnamon ground cloves salt walnuts vegetable shortening milk vanilla confectioners sugar milk decorative sprinkles
Viewed: 78 - Published at: 3 years agoIngredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces (about 2 cups) chopped walnuts
- 1 cup solid vegetable shortening
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups confectioners sugar
- 3 to 5 tablespoons milk, as needed
- 1/2 cup decorative sprinkles
Method
- For the cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Thoroughly mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, allspice, cinnamon, cloves and salt in a mixing bowl, add walnuts, and mix again.
- In a small saucepan, combine shortening and milk.
- Place over low heat until shortening melts.
- Remove from heat, add vanilla, and stir to blend.
- Add milk mixture to flour mixture and stir until well blended.
- While warm, roll dough into 1- to 1 1/2-inch balls.
- Place about 1 1/2 inches apart on one or two baking sheets, and bake until surface is no longer shiny, 10 to 12 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely.
- For icing and decorating: Place confectioners sugar in a bowl and mix in enough milk to make icing just thick enough to coat the top of a cookie.
- Dip top of each cookie into icing, then into sprinkles, and set aside to dry.
- When cookies are completely dry, store in an airtight container.
