These Italian Easter cookies are delicious and look beautiful with colored icing and sprinkles.
Prep
20 min
Cook
35 min
Servings
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
0.75 cups white sugar
0.5 cups butter
3 large eggs
0.25 cups milk
0.25 cups vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
3.75 cups all-purpose flour
5 teaspoons baking powder
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.
2
To make the cookies: Beat sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in milk, oil, vanilla, and almond extract. Combine flour and baking powder; stir into milk mixture to form a dough.
3
Roll dough into 1-inch balls; roll the balls out on a lightly floured surface into 5-inch long ropes. Bring one end over the other, then underneath and through the middle, like a loose knot; place cookies 1 inch apart on the prepared cookie sheets.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until the bottoms of the cookies are golden brown, about 5 minutes on the bottom shelf, then 5 minutes on the top shelf. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
5
To make the icing: Beat confectioners' sugar, butter, vanilla, and almond extract with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth; beat in milk, one tablespoon at a time. Add food coloring and stir until well combined.
6
Dip cooled cookies upside down into the icing then sprinkle with candy sprinkles.
Nutrition per serving
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