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italian cookies

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Recipe by
Pearl Florick
clifton park, NY

These are called angenettes. They are very pretty to look at and festive at the holidays. My father-in-law loves these! The flour amount may need to be adjusted, you need enough flour to make a soft dough.

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Ingredients For italian cookies

  • 6
    eggs
  • 3/4 c
    sugar
  • 6 Tbsp
    melted butter, let cool a bit
  • 4 Tbsp
    canola oil
  • 3 tsp
    lemon extract
  • 1/4 c
    milk
  • 6 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 2 c
    flour (approx)

How To Make italian cookies

  • 1
    beat the eggs add in the sugar, cooled melted butter, oil, lemon ext. &milk. Mix well
  • 2
    Add baking powder to 2 c flour. Mix to blend.
  • 3
    Add to the liquid mixture and knead to form a nice soft dough.
  • 4
    Form the dough into a loaf. Take a piece of dough, form it into a rope and form into spiral, love knot or can just ball them. (My aunt use to braid three smaller ropes together)
  • 5
    Bake at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes. Let cool completely. Glaze with a mixture of hot water and powdered sugar, sprinkle with multi colored sprinkles or colored sugar. Wipe the bottoms, they can get sticky from the glaze.

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