Italian Sponge Drop Cookies
This Italian Sponge Drop Cookies recipe is a classic Italian holiday cookie. This recipe dates back more than 50+ years.
Ingredients;
4 eggs
1 cup Crisco, melted and cooled, measure when cool
1 cup sugar
1 cup whole milk
1 TSP vanilla
Directions;
Blend until smooth. Set aside.
Ingredients;
4 cups all purpose unbleached flour
4 heaping TSP baking powder
Directions;
Sift together flour and baking powder. Add slowly to the egg mixture just until smooth and blended. Drop tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 until bottoms are slightly light brown, about 8-10 minutes. Cool and glaze tops with the glaze below.
Glaze;
1 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 TSP lemon or any flavor extract
2 TSP melted butter
a few drops pf milk, just enough so glaze is loose and coat the tops of the cookie. Blend together until smooth. Glaze cookie and decorate with holiday colored nonpareils. Let dry 1 hour before storing.