Italian Christmas Cookies
Simple and sweet Italian Christmas Cookies from But First, Cookies!
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp almond extract
- 2¼ cup flour all purpose
- 2 tsp baking powder
Cookie Icing
- 2¼ cup powdered sugar
- 3 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp nonpareil sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until well combined. Next, add the extracts and eggs to the bowl and beat until combined.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour and baking powder. Gradually add this bowl to the butter mixture, mixing just until fully combined.
- Scrape the dough out of the bowl and onto a sheet of plastic wrap and wrap the dough completely. Place in the fridge for at least one hour.
- Preheat oven to 350° and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Roll dough into small balls (about 1 Tbsp) each and place about 1 inch apart on the baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes, cookies will brown on the bottom but should stay pale on top.
- Allow cookies to cool completely while you make the icing. Whisk together all ingredients, adding more milk (by the ½ tsp) or confectioner's sugar until icing is at the consistency you like for spreading.
- After icing each cookie and before moving on to the next, sprinkle a few nonpareils on top. Icing will harden in about 20 minutes.