Italian (Wedding) Cookies

Description: Another treat that always appeared at any special occasion.
Recipe of: Mary Gurto (Grandma_
Total time: 1 hour
Number of servings :36
Serving size: 2 cookies
Ingredients
COOKIES
- 6 Large eggs (slightly beaten)
- 3 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cups oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 5 cups flour
- 1 box (1lb) powdered sugar
- 5 Tbsp water
- 1 small egg white (optional – adding egg white will make the icing harden)
- 1 tsp flavoring; vanilla, almond, anise, etc
- food coloring
- Sprinkles (100s and 1000s) optional
Method
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- Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C)
- In a large bowl, combine eggs, vanilla and oil. Add sugar and continue to mix.
- Add flour and baking powder, and combine just until all of the dry ingredients are moistened. The mixture will be a bit crumbly but will hold together when squeezed.
- Roll about 1 TSP of the dough into a ball and place on a cookie sheet lined with baking paper. Continue with remaining dough. Leave a bit of space between cookies.
- Bake the cookies for about 12 minutes; until the tops turn white and the bottoms have started to brown.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool before icing.
- Combine powdered (icing) sugar with water and egg white. Add most but not all of the water to begin. Add more as needed to achieve a thick consistency.
- Divide the icing into as many colours as you would like and add a drop or two of your choices of colour of food colouring and flavouring. Be careful that the addition of the extra liquid doesn’t make the icing too runny.
- Ice the tops of each cookie. If you want to add some sprinkles on the top, do it straight away before the icing hardens.