Italian Style Cookies with Sesame Seeds

By: Lucy Romano • In: Cookies • Cuisine: Italian

A Christmas cookie classic!  They are best after they sit for a few days, so the flavor really develops. To this day I still love to have one of these with my coffee in the mornings during the holidays!

Ingredients

  • 10 cups Flour
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 2 cups Crisco
  • 2 sticks Margarine
  • 6 Eggs
  • 1/2 cup Baking Powder
  • 2 oz Vanilla Extract
  • 4 oz Milk
  • 1 lb Sesame Seeds (soaked and drained)
  • Olive Oil (to coat cookies during prep)

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1: 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2:

Cream the following: butter, sugar, Crisco, eggs, vanilla and milk.

Step 3:

Add flour and baking powder.

Step 4:

Set up two stations, a wet station and a dry station. It is best to have two people for this. Setup a large plate or bowl and put some of the sesame seeds on it. These will be used by the “dry” person. Have the “wet” person roll a small log of cookie dough that is about 2 to 2 1/2 inches long and about 3/4 inch in diameter. Then lightly roll it in oil and place it on the bowl/plate full of sesame seeds. The “dry” person then rolls the log in the seeds to completely cover it, and transfers it to an ungreased cookie sheet.

Step 5:

Bake 350 degrees 18 – 20 min.

Step 6:

This recipe makes a massive amount of cookies. You can half the recipe by cutting the amount of each ingredient in half.

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