Name: Italian Frosted Chocolate Cookies
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 120
Ingredients: All-purpose flour - 7 cups; White sugar - 2 cups; Unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Hershey's®) - 1 cup; Baking powder - ¼ cup; Ground cinnamon - 1 ½ teaspoons; Ground cloves - 1 ½ teaspoons; Ground allspice - 1 ½ teaspoons; Salt - 1 teaspoon; Large orange, zested - 1; Vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®) - ½ cup; Margarine (such as Parkay®) - ½ cup; Eggs - 5; Vanilla extract, or to taste - 1 teaspoon; Orange juice - ¼ cup; Whole milk - ¼ cup; Cream cheese, softened - ½ (8 ounce) package; Chopped walnuts - ½ cup; Whole milk, or more as needed - 3 tablespoons; Orange juice, or as needed - 1 teaspoon; Confectioners' sugar, or more as needed - 3 cups

Recipe information

Cooking:

1 hour

Servings per container:

120

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Ingredients for - Italian Frosted Chocolate Cookies

1. All-purpose flour - 7 cups

2. White sugar - 2 cups

3. Unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Hershey's®) - 1 cup

4. Baking powder - ¼ cup

5. Ground cinnamon - 1 ½ teaspoons

6. Ground cloves - 1 ½ teaspoons

7. Ground allspice - 1 ½ teaspoons

8. Salt - 1 teaspoon

9. Large orange, zested - 1

10. Vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®) - ½ cup

11. Margarine (such as Parkay®) - ½ cup

12. Eggs - 5

13. Vanilla extract, or to taste - 1 teaspoon

14. Orange juice - ¼ cup

15. Whole milk - ¼ cup

16. Cream cheese, softened - ½ (8 ounce) package

17. Chopped walnuts - ½ cup

18. Whole milk, or more as needed - 3 tablespoons

19. Orange juice, or as needed - 1 teaspoon

20. Confectioners' sugar, or more as needed - 3 cups

How to cook deliciously - Italian Frosted Chocolate Cookies

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. Stage

Whisk flour, white sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and salt in a large bowl. Stir orange zest into flour mixture. Mix vegetable shortening and margarine into dry ingredients, using your hands, until mixture is crumbly.

3. Stage

Beat eggs and vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric mixer until foamy; add egg mixture, 1/4 cup orange juice, and 1/4 cup milk to flour mixture and knead dough in the bowl until thoroughly combined and dough doesn't stick to your hands, about 8 minutes. Dough will be stiff. Knead cream cheese thoroughly into dough, followed by walnuts.

4. Stage

Form dough into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and place onto ungreased baking sheets.

5. Stage

Bake cookies in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 12 to 14 minutes. Cool cookies on racks.

6. Stage

Beat 3 tablespoons milk, 1 teaspoon orange juice, and 1 cup confectioners' sugar in a bowl until smooth; gradually beat in remaining confectioners' sugar until frosting is thick and drizzles slowly from a spoon.

7. Stage

Dip tops of cookies into frosting and place frosted cookies on racks with waxed paper underneath to catch drips. Let cookies dry overnight.