Italian Chocolate Spice Cookies With Orange Glaze Recipe

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Italian Chocolate Spice Cookies With Orange Glaze
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Ingredients:

  • litre lb crisco or other shortening (1 1/2 cups)
  • 1 1/3 cup sugar
  • 2 small yeast cakes or 1 large yeast cake
  • 12 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 regular-size box raisins
  • 1 can hershey syrup (regular-size)
  • 3 tsp. cinnamon
  • 3 tsp. nutmeg
  • 3 tsp clove
  • 3 tsp ginger
  • buttermilk - about 2/3 pint - as needed
  • nuts - as many as you'd like i often use chopped walnuts or pine nuts
  • 2 1/2 cups confectioner

Directions:

  1. COOKIES:
  2. Mix everything together.
  3. Take dough by teaspoon and place on cookie sheet lined with tin foil.
  4. Bake at 400 about 10 minutes.
  5. Watch carefully.
  6. Add thin white glaze when cool.
  7. GLAZE:
  8. To Make Icing: Combine 2 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar with enough orange juice to make a thin glaze. Dip each hot cookie into glaze; cool on racks. Decorate with confetti sprinkles, if desired.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 476.21 Kcal (1994 kJ)
Calories from fat 318.57 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 35.4g 54%
Cholesterol 0.35mg 0%
Sodium 36.15mg 2%
Potassium 614.78mg 13%
Total Carbs 40.2g 13%
Sugars 35.17g 141%
Dietary Fiber 1.24g 5%
Protein 2.19g 4%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 1%
Iron 0.5mg 3%
Calcium 296.9mg 30%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 553.47 Kcal (2317 kJ)
Calories from fat 370.25 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 41.14g 54%
Cholesterol 0.41mg 0%
Sodium 42.02mg 2%
Potassium 714.51mg 13%
Total Carbs 46.72g 13%
Sugars 40.87g 141%
Dietary Fiber 1.44g 5%
Protein 2.55g 4%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 1%
Iron 0.6mg 3%
Calcium 345.1mg 30%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 12.2
    Points
  • 14
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • cholesterol free

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