Italian Wedding Cakes Cookies

In a separate bowl beat eggs and then add sugar and vanilla.

Italian wedding cakes cookies. You can also substitute pecans and they are very good as well. To make the cookie dough. Add flour mixture to egg mixture.

Then add warmed melted shortening and almond flavoring. Beat until light and fluffy. Italian wedding cookies iii.

Combine flour and shortening as if for pie crust. Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. Cream butter or margarine in a bowl gradually add confectioners sugar and salt.

Shape into balls or crescents using about 1 teaspoon for each cookie. A wedding cookie cake shown on the jacket consists of layer upon layer of a variety of cookies arranged in a pyramid held together with icing and decorated with candy ribbons and flowers. Two dozen crescent shaped cookie ingredients 1 1 2 cups unsalted butter softened 3 4 cup powdered sugar 1 4 teaspoon salt 1 1 2 cups finely ground almonds 1 1 2 tablespoon of vanilla extract 3 cups sifted all purpose flour 1 3 cup powdered sugar for rolling.

Combine 1 cup sugar 2 eggs and 1 cup milk. Using a electric mixer combine the eggs sugar butter and extract on medium speed for about 2 minutes until light and fluffy. My mother brought this special family recipe from europe a century ago.

Also sometimes called mexican wedding cookie russian tea cakes or butterballs can also be made into crescents. Italian wedding cookie recipe yield. Bake italian wedding cookies for for 22 25 minutes until just lightly browned and make sure the cookies do not get golden brown they should be light in color.