Each year at Christmastime, I search for a new cookie recipe to add to my collection. Last year I came across this recipe and decided to give it a try. I placed a few on the tray of my “usual” holiday assortment of cookies and headed to the family party. I was amazed to see them quickly disappear. The array of spices in these cookies blend in so well with the chocolate and walnuts.
Meatball Cookies
Course: Uncategorized84
servingsIngredients
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups flour
2/3 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
***GLAZE***
2 cups powdered sugar
3 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup milk
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add the vanilla and mix well.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices together.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture one cup at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Stir in the nuts (the batter will be very thick).
- Spoon up a tablespoon of batter and roll it into a 1 inch ball. Place the cookies on a parchment paper lined (or greased) cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes (when the cookies just start to crack, they are done). Remove from oven and let cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then transfer them to a wax paper lined table to finish cooling down.
- When cookies have cooled, prepare the glaze by mixing the powdered sugar, cocoa powder and milk together until the glaze is free of lumps.
- Frost the tops of the cookies with a scant teaspoon of glaze. While the glaze is still wet, sprinkle on some sugar crystals or colorful sprinkles .
- Let cookies rest until the glaze is dry then pack away in a air tight container, such as a cookie tin .
Notes
- I use a small cookie scoop so all of the cookies will be about the same size. Makes 84 cookies
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