Italian Cookies

You do not need a special occasions to bake a batch of delicious Italian cookies.

These mouthwatering cookies are dressed in anisette to add color and grace to any dinner table. But during holiday seasons such as Christmas and Easter these are preferred even more!

Cherry on top, you can use any topping to sprinkle on it as per the taste of your friends and family. Let’s have a look at its very easy recipe.

Health Benefits

Italian cookies are a rich combination of all-purpose flour and sugar. You will certainly not find them on top of the list of healthy foods but they do make the best holiday deserts. However, if they are eaten in moderation you will never find any problems with your health whatsoever.

Make your festivals fun and bright with these delicious Italian cookies that will leave your guests praising your baking skills for days!

Ingredients

all-purpose flour: 3 ucps

cup of milk: 1/2

cup sugar: 1

Eggs: 3

baking powder: 3 tsp

vegetable oil: 1 cup

confectionary sugar: 4 cups

anisette syrup: 4 tbsp

rainbow sprinkles – as much as you need

How To Make Italian Cookies

For the Cookies

1. Take a deep bowl. Pour all-purpose flour into it. Add milk, sugar, eggs, baking soda and vegetable oil into it and knead it into dough.
2. Keep some flour at hand to make golf ball sized partitions of the dough. Make as many balls as you can. At least 12 balls can be made out of this dough.
3. Roll them with your hands in the shape of a snake. Then place each of those on the baking sheet in a spiral in such a way that one end of the spiral is at the bottom while the other is on the top and in the centre of the cookie.
4. Bake it in a pre-heated oven at 425 degree Fahrenheit.
5. Once the cookies are baked, place them on a smooth platform to cool down.
6. You can begin working on the frosting of the cookies when they have cooled down properly.

For Frosting

1. Take the confectionary sugar and mix it up with anisette syrup in a bowl.
2. Take each cookie and dip the top of it into the bowl. Turn it over carefully so the frosting does not trickle down to the bottom of the cookie too much. Place the dipped cookie in a separate dish for the topping to dry out.
3. While on the separate dish, sprinkle the cookie with rainbow sprinkles.
4. Enjoy them after dinner with your friends and family.

Trivia

• In Italian the plural of a cookie or biscuit is known as Biscotti.

The literal meaning of Biscotti is to bake. It is derived from two words: Bis means ‘twice’ and Cotto which means ‘baked’.