Italian Wine Cookies

This is a great holiday cookie…make them with a friend, and finish off the bottle of wine while you work.

Collect these ingredients:

6 cups all purpose flour

6 tsp baking powder

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

1 cup red wine

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground cloves

1/2 tsp allspice

6 tablespoons cocoa

1 stick + 6 tablespoons softened butter

2 cups pecan pieces

Sift and mix all the dry ingredients except for the sugar and pecans.

Beat eggs, sugar and butter…add to dry flour mixture.  Add wine and mix.  Now, dd the nuts.

Roll into tight 1-inch balls and bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees.

Let cool, then ice.

Icing

1 box powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Stir in drops of heavy cream or pet milk until you reach a pancake batter consistency.  Drizzle over cookies.