Italian Cookies with Icing

Name: Italian Cookies with Icing
Total time: 75
Yield: 60
Ingredients: 6 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons baking powder; 1 cup unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup white sugar; 6 large eggs; 4 teaspoons almond extract; 1.5 cups confectioners' sugar; 1 teaspoon almond extract, or to taste; 0.25 cup milk; 2 tablespoons nonpareils, or to taste

Recipe by Lee M. Longo from allrecipes.com

Dessert 1 Hr. 15 Mins.

Ingredients

60 servings

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6 cups all-purpose flour
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2 tablespoons baking powder
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1 cup unsalted butter, softened
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1 cup white sugar
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6 large eggs

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4 teaspoons almond extract
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1.5 cups confectioners' sugar
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1 teaspoon almond extract, or to taste
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0.25 cup milk
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2 tablespoons nonpareils, or to taste

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Sift flour and baking powder together into a bowl.
Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in almond extract. Add flour mixture, 1 cup at a time; mix on low speed until incorporated. Roll batter into teaspoon-sized balls and place on the prepared baking sheets.
Bake in batches in the preheated oven until edges are golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
While cookies are baking, beat confectioners' sugar, milk, and almond extract for icing in a bowl until smooth.
Set cooled cookies close together on a cookie sheet. Frost with icing and sprinkle with nonpareils.