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

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.