In 1998 my husband, Mike and myself had gone to the First Greco Family Picnic (they have it every 5 years). Over the next few months, Diane Randesi (one of the children of the Greco clan) had put together a cookbook that everyone who attended the picnic (about 100 people or more) contributed to the cookbook.
Amaretto Cookies Recipe by Julia Greco/The Greco Family “Cook”Book
Amaretto Cookies
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup Crisco
1 cup orange juice
4 tsp. almond extract
6 hearing tsp. baking powder
5 cups flour
Powdered sugar
In large bowl, beat eggs, sugar and Crisco. Add juice, almond extract, baking powder and flour. Mix. Roll each teaspoonful into a ball and roll in powdered sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet. Let stand on cookie sheet a few minutes before baking.
Bake 350 F. for 10 – 15 minutes.
Finished cookie will be light in color.
(Recipe for the Amaretto Cookies was in the Greco Family “Cook”Book, Julia Greco (age 100/2012), 1998.)
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