Italian Love Knots


3 cups all-purpose flour
3 large eggs
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 teasponns lemon extract (or marsala wine)
1/2 cup butter, softened
powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a baking sheet. Beat the butter until creamy. Add eggs, sugar and lemon extracts and mix well. In a seperate bowl combine flour and baking powder. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture, adding a small amount of milk if the batter is too thick or dry. Mix batter until dough forms. Shape pieces of dough into a thin cigar shape, about 4 or 5 inches long, and then loop the dough into a knot shape. Place knot-shaped dough onto prepared baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.


Reviews of Italian Love Knots:

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  Barb in Inverness, fl  Dec 17, 2011
Would make this again.
This has been a favorite brought by family friend from Italy. We used them at weddings. Added lemon juice to powdered sugar to make a thin icing. Colored the icing pink, green, & white. Or you can make the colors of wedding. Or pink / blue for baby shower!! Enjoy. five stars

  Jessica in Florida  Oct 18, 2011
Would make this again.
Made these last year and they were a hit. They even tasted great several days later..delicious as a breakfast treat also! five stars

  lena in elmsford ny  Oct 5, 2011
Would make this again.
i used anise flavoring for the cookies and got the same taste as when my grandma made them at christmas! thank you five stars

  Izzy  Mar 1, 2011
Would make this again.
Wow just made these cute looking cookies for husband!I dipped the top of mine in a thin icing and sprinkled colored sprinles on top! YUMMY five stars

  A cookie baker in Racine, WI  Dec 17, 2010
Would make this again.
I didn't have any lemon extract so after googleing, I found that you can use lemon juice but double the amt. Yeah, didn't work well. There isn't much of a lemon taste to it, it also needs a crunch of some nuts in there! three stars

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