Italian Meatball Cookie

Name: Italian Meatball Cookie Recipe
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 75
Ingredients: 1 cup butter (or Crisco or margarine); 1 cup sugar; 8 oz cream cheese; 3 eggs; 1/2 cup 2% milk; 1/2 cup cocoa; 5 tsp Baking powder; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon; 1/4 tsp Nutmeg; 4 cups flour; 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 cup chopped nuts; 1/4 cup Whiskey; 2 Tbs Rum; 2 Tbs Oil

Minutes to Prepare: 45
Minutes to Cook: 10

Number of Servings: 75

Ingredients

1 cup butter (or Crisco or margarine)1 cup sugar8 oz cream cheese3 eggs1/2 cup 2% milk1/2 cup cocoa5 tsp Baking powder1/2 tsp Cinnamon1/4 tsp Nutmeg4 cups flour12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips1 cup chopped nuts1/4 cup Whiskey2 Tbs Rum2 Tbs Oil

Directions

add ingredients as listed, stir by hand.

Cream Butter and Sugar.
add cream cheese stir, then eggs, milk stir
then add cocoa, - stir well
add spices, flour and baking powder mix gently
add nuts and chocolate chips and continue mixing.
batter will be dryish, add the whiskey, rum and oil.
stir till throughly mixed, batter will be sticky

*coat your hands with oil.
break off walnut size pieces in your hand, and roll dough till smooth.

bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes
frost or leave unfrosted, depending on your preference. unfrosted it will look like a meatball, hence it's name.
this will make between 70- 80 cookies

to make easier to count, 1 serving equals 1 cookie.

Number of Servings: 75

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user EMMAJEAN50.

Servings Per Recipe: 75

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving