Italian Wedding Cookies
Frosted, cake-like cookies. To enjoy for special holidays I sprinkle on colored jimmies before the icing dries.
Ingredients:
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup milk
4 tablespoons baking powder
1 tablespoon almond flavoring
pinch salt
1/2 cup melted shortening
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon almond flavoring
8 teaspoons water
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
Directions:
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2 Combine 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs and 1 cup milk. Add baking powder, 3 1/2 cups flour, and salt. Then add warmed, melted shortening and almond flavoring.
3 Flour a cookie sheet (no grease) and drop cookie batter from a teaspoon onto sheet. Bake for 10-15 minutes. Cookies will be cake-like. Be sure to bake them on center rack.
4 To Make Frosting: Mix together confectioners' sugar, 1 tablespoon almond flavoring, water and 2 tablespoons of melted butter. Stir and frost cooled cookies.