Recipe: Italian Chocolate Spice Cookies (9)

Chocolate Italian Cookie recipe (using cloves, raisins, walnuts, and cocoa)
Board: International Recipes at Recipelink.com
From: Halyna - NY 12-11-2007

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Italian Chocolate Cookies
Board: Daily Recipe Swap at Recipelink.com
From: Chat Room 12-27-2001

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Aunt Dee's Meatball Cookies
Board: Vintage Recipes at Recipelink.com
From: Gladys/PR 12-13-2005

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Italian Meatball Cookies (2nd recipe)
Board: Cooking Club at Recipelink.com
From: Janet/MO 4-5-2002

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Mary Ann Esposito's Chocolate & Black Pepper Cookies
Board: All Baking and Breadmaking at Recipelink.com
From: Gay R. 1-13-2003

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Italian Chocolate Nut Cookies
Board: Daily Recipe Swap at Recipelink.com
From: Betsy at Recipelink.com 11-19-2002

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Italian Chocolate Pepper Cookies
Board: Daily Recipe Swap at Recipelink.com
From: Chat Room 12-10-2001

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Chocolate Clove Cookies (Italian)
Board: Daily Recipe Swap at Recipelink.com
From: Chat Room 11-17-2001

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MOSTACCIOLI (ITALIAN SPICE COOKIES)
Makes about 5 dozen

"These are cakelike Italian chocolate spice cookies."

FOR THE COOKIES:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/4 tsp. salt
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup margarine or butter,softened(1 stick)
1 large egg
1/2 cup milk
FOR THE CHOCOLATE GLAZE:
2 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/4 cups confectioner's sugar

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and salt.

In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat sugar with margarine or butter until blended. Increase speed to high; beat until light and creamy. At low speed, beat in egg until blended. Alternately beat in flour mixture and milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

With hands dusted with cocoa powder, roll about 2 level teaspoons dough into 1-inch balls. Place balls, about 2-inches apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet.

Bake cookies 8-10 minutes,until puffed (they will look dry and slightly cracked). With spatula,transfer cookies to wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining dough.

PREPARE CHOCOLATE GLAZE:
In medium bowl, with wire whisk or fork, mix cocoa with 3Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. boiling water until smooth.Gradually stir in confectioners' sugar and blend well.Dip top of each cooled cookie into glaze.Place cookies on wire rack set over waxed paper to catch any drips.Allow glaze to set,about 10 minutes.

Store cookies in tightly covered container with waxed paper betwen the leaves.