Evil Italian Butter Cookies

I love the Evil Think Tank (ETT) as we have come to call it around here. It's the place where the chef goes with other chefs to think of the most evil thing possible to bake or cook...and then blog it. Only a very few have dared come visit my think tank. I've said for years that Food Network should have a show where chefs have to come together like this. Random teams...one purpose and they all have to agree. It would be crazy to see all those passionate personalities have to come to real terms. You know? At any rate...last week, I had a fun long distance ETT with a gal named Joanne Galatolo Nunziante. Now aside from her name sounding like a very expensive pair of shoes...I have come to enjoy our little chats on various baking subjects. Her painted decorative bread is taking on a genius level of practical application. Something she tells me she learned from my blog. So, when she wrote about a certain cookie, I was excited to delve into a full out think tank with her....over a long distance. In all honesty, I supplied a couple of recipes and she and her sister did a lot of leg work in the kitchen. I'm told that big sister Palma still calls her "JoDough". That's Joanne on the left, and Palma on the right.

Butter Tea cookies