Easiest Way to Cook Delicious Italian Christmas cookies

Italian Christmas cookies.

You can cook Italian Christmas cookies using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Italian Christmas cookies

1. You need 3 1/2 cups of flour.
2. It's 4 tsp of baking powder.
3. It's 1 cup of sugar.
4. It's 4 of eggs.
5. You need 1/2 cup of butter.
6. It's 2 tsp of vanilla.
7. It's 2 cups of confection sugar.
8. It's 2 tsp of vanilla.
9. It's 6 tsp of water.

Italian Christmas cookies step by step

1. Sift dry ingredients. Cream butter and sugar, beat eggs add vanilla..
2. Knead and add flour as needed to keep dough from sticking to hands..
3. Pinch off dough, roll in hands to form a log and then twirl into shape. Place on wax paper covered cookie sheet..
4. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes..
5. Icing: Stir until creamy. Dip cookie into icing and sprinkle with trim..
6. Place on wire rack with wax paper under rack to collect the icing drips..