Italian Chocolate Spice Cookies With Orange Glaze

Prep Time: 0 Minutes

Cook Time: 10 Minutes

Ready In: 10 Minutes

Servings: 12

We have a large gathering during for Christmas Eve and our guest always ask for these to take home so I bake extra for that reason. This recipe goes way back in our family and was handed down through many generations. Read more . The orange juice in the glaze goes well with the chocolate.

Ingredients:

this is a very large recipe

this i3 1/2 pounds of flour (10-12 cups)

l pound crisco or other shortening (1 1/2 cups)

1 1/3 cup sugar

2 small yeast cakes or 1 large yeast cake (or 2 packets/powdered yeast dissolved in 1/2 cup very warm water).

12 tsp. baking powder

1 regular-size box raisins

4 tablespoons hershey cocoa

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

glaze

2 1/2 cups confectioner

orange juice

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.

By RecipeOfHealth.com