Italian Frosted Chocolate Cookies

Name: Italian Frosted Chocolate Cookies
Total time: 570
Yield: 120
Ingredients: 7 cups all-purpose flour; 2 cups white sugar; 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Hershey's®); 0.25 cup baking powder; 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1.5 teaspoons ground cloves; 1.5 teaspoons ground allspice; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 large orange, zested; 0.5 cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®); 0.5 cup margarine (such as Parkay®); 5 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, or to taste; 0.25 cup orange juice; 0.25 cup whole milk; 0.5 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 0.5 cup chopped walnuts; 3 tablespoons whole milk, or more as needed; 1 teaspoon orange juice, or as needed; 3 cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed

Recipe by Allrecipes Member from allrecipes.com

Dessert 10 Hr. 30 Mins.

Ingredients

120

120 servings

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7 cups all-purpose flour
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2 cups white sugar
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1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Hershey's®)
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0.25 cup baking powder
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1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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1.5 teaspoons ground cloves
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1.5 teaspoons ground allspice
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 large orange, zested
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0.5 cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®)

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0.5 cup margarine (such as Parkay®)
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5 eggs
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract, or to taste
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0.25 cup orange juice
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0.25 cup whole milk
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0.5 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
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0.5 cup chopped walnuts
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3 tablespoons whole milk, or more as needed
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1 teaspoon orange juice, or as needed
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3 cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Whisk flour, white sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and salt together in a large bowl. Stir in orange zest, then mix in vegetable shortening and margarine with your hands until mixture is crumbly.
Beat eggs and vanilla in a bowl with an electric mixer until foamy. Add egg mixture to flour mixture along with 1/4 cup orange juice and 1/4 cup milk; knead in the bowl until dough is thoroughly combined and stiff and it doesn't stick to your hands, about 8 minutes. Knead cream cheese thoroughly into dough, followed by walnuts.
Form dough into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and place onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake cookies in the preheated oven in batches until lightly browned, 12 to 14 minutes. Cool cookies on racks.
Make the frosting: 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.
Dip tops of cookies into frosting and place onto racks with waxed paper underneath to catch the drips. Let cookies dry, 8 hours to overnight.