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Italian Pepper Balls Recipe

Category: Italian Dessert Recipes

This is very good recipe and quite easy to make.

Ingredients
All purpose flour (4c), baking powder (1tsp) baking soda (1/2tsp), butter (1/3c), shorting (3/4c), white sugar (1c), unsweetened cocoa powder (1/2c), ground black pepper (1/2tsp), ground cloves (1/2tsp), ground cinnamon (1/2tsp), brandy (1ounce), finely chopped walnuts (1/2c), confectioner sugar (3/4c).

Method of preparation:-
italian-pepper-ballsTake a saucepan, melt shorting in it and then cool it. Add white sugar, ground cloves, black pepper, ½ cup of cocoa and allspice in it. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda in it and then mix it well. Add milk, 1 ounce of brandy, whisky and chopped nuts in it. Now form the dough of this mixture and wrap in plastic and then keep it in the refrigerator for 4 to 8 hours. Preheat the oven to n350 degrees F. Make the small balls of dough about ¾ inches in diameter. Now place in oven and bake for about 20 minutes at 350 degrees F. Take off the balls from pan and roll in glaze.
To make glaze:- Mix 1/3 cup of butter, ¾ cup of confectioner sugar, 5 tablespoon cocoa and 2 ounce of brandy, rum or whisky. Mix these thoroughly until get smooth. Roll the cooled cookies in glaze and then place on the waxed paper to dry.

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