Chocolate Clove Drops

By zircon50

Chocolate Clove Drops, another perfect cookie recipe from Italy.

This cookies are Chritmas favorite of many families. It has an uncommon flavor combination of cocoa and cloves. We always leave a few of these cookies and fresh cup of cappuccino for Santa.

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups of flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening, melted and cooled

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350F.

In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon together. Set aside.

In an electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar together. Add milk and melted shortening. Mix well.

Pour flour mixture into the bowl with the egg mixture, and mix just until batter is combined.

With a wooden spoon, drop a teaspoon full of batter onto parchment-lined cookie sheet, spacing cookies 2 inches apart.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or untill lightly browned. Remove cookie sheet from the oven.

Using a metal spatula, remove cookies from the sheet onto wire cooling racks, Cool, than frost with Chocolate Clove Frosting (see following recipe). Let frosting dry for a few hours before serving.

Store frosted cookies in an airtight container. Freeze unfrosted cookies in plastic freezer bags.