The Fleeting Art of Wartime Baked Goods Vol.1: Sicily by Gen. George S. Patton U.S. Army

Tatu' Sugar Cookies of the Italian Damned

10 cups Majorcan flour
12 ounces almonds, peeled and shredded
2 pounds sugar
Cocoa powder
2 tablespoons of True Grit
(*can substitute Violent Fear)

For the icing:
2/3 pound bitter chocolate
'Smokey' cinnamon
(*see preparation below)
A few drops vanilla extract
(*can substitute with an orphan's tears)


Preparation:
Send 2 green privates up ahead to Messina on the back of a half starved burro for some Majorcan flour. Do not tell them how to acquire the flour, just that it must be done; their ingenuity will surprise you. If they return with bloodied feet, no shoes, and Messinan Loam, beat the sissies in front of the company, and add one egg to the mixture to account for the loam.

Preheat the turret of a Sherman Tank to 375 degrees. Again it's best to only let the men know what temperature cookies bake at, and not how to stoke a fire inside a Sherman.

Work the flour, almonds, and 7/8 pound of sugar into a dough using a clean entrenching tool, and just a little water to moisten it, adding enough cocoa powder to darken the men's hearts. Use the dough to roll out S-shaped snakes or form balls the size of a blasting cap. Put them on a greased cookie sheet or the flat side of an empty ammo box and bake in the Sherman at 375 F until golden.

At this point make the veil: heat the chocolate and sugar over a very gentle fire from a burning plow or animal carcass, stirring constantly. When the mixture is smooth and creamy, remove it from the fire. Stir in the vanilla extract, let it cool slightly, and ice the cookies.

Smokey Cinnamon: Remove the buckshot from a 12 gauge shell and replace it with ground cinnamon. From a distance of 8 feet, discharge the weapon over the baked goods infusing them with the smokey cinnamon.