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Ingredients

7 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups white sugar 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Hershey's®) ¼ cup baking powder 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 ½ teaspoons ground cloves 1 ½ teaspoons ground allspice 1 teaspoon salt 1 large orange, zested ½ cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®) ½ cup margarine (such as Parkay®) 5 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, or to taste ¼ cup orange juice ¼ cup whole milk ½ (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened ½ cup chopped walnuts 3 tablespoons whole milk, or more as needed 1 teaspoon orange juice, or as needed 3 cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed

Nutrition Info

78.1 calories carbohydrate: 12.8 g cholesterol: 8.8 mg fat: 2.7 g fiber: 0.5 g protein: 1.3 g saturatedFat: 0.7 g servingSize: - sodium: 83.2 mg sugar: 6.5 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Whisk flour, white sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and salt in a large bowl. Stir orange zest into flour mixture. Mix vegetable shortening and margarine into dry ingredients, using your hands, until mixture is crumbly.
Beat eggs and vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric mixer until foamy, add egg mixture, 1/4 cup orange juice, and 1/4 cup milk to flour mixture and knead dough in the bowl until thoroughly combined and dough doesn't stick to your hands, about 8 minutes. Dough will be stiff. Knead cream cheese thoroughly into dough, followed by walnuts.
Form dough into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and place onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake cookies in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 12 to 14 minutes. Cool cookies on racks.
Beat 3 tablespoons milk, 1 teaspoon orange juice, and 1 cup confectioners' sugar in a bowl until smooth, gradually beat in remaining confectioners' sugar until frosting is thick and drizzles slowly from a spoon.
Dip tops of cookies into frosting and place frosted cookies on racks with waxed paper underneath to catch drips. Let cookies dry overnight.

10 dozen cookies

I make these cookies each year at Christmas. They are a favorite of family and friends. This recipe makes approximately 120 cookies.