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15 Neapolitan Christmas Cookies from Naples

15 Neapolitan Christmas Cookies from Naples - Curated Christmas cookie recipes from The Cookie Index.

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Apricot Jam Frollini

Small cutout frollini sandwiches with apricot centers showing through round windows and a fine sugar dusting.

Solid almond-butter discs paired around a thin apricot-jam layer, an Italian-style home sandwich cookie.

Flat scalloped almond shortcrust rounds joined with dark-chocolate ganache, an Italian-style home sandwich cookie.

Star-piped crisp meringues with almond aroma and finely broken almond flakes on top, an Italian-style home variation.

Golden almond biscotti with fragrant orange zest and crisp, diagonally sliced edges.

Tiny hazelnut butter cookies joined with a neat layer of dark chocolate.

Rustic almond rings with citrus and pisto spices, made as a smaller, less-hard home interpretation of Neapolitan roccocò.

An Italian-style crisp twice-baked cookie with lightly crushed anise seeds and small dark chocolate pockets.

Lemon-scented Abruzzo-style wafer cookies cooked individually in a patterned ferratelle or pizzelle iron.

Tender almond-scented dough knots with sliced almonds and a light sugar glaze, an Italian-style home adaptation.

Hand-shaped almond butter crescents with a tender short crumb and a thin snowy sugar finish.

Ridged cocoa-hazelnut kisses joined with a dark-chocolate ganache, inspired by Alassio's pastry tradition.

Twice-baked almond cookies with a crisp bite and a little orange zest.

Soft ricotta cookies with almond flour and lightly toasted sliced-almond crowns, a home adaptation rather than almond paste biscuits.

Neapolitan-style rectangular shortcrust pastries around a cocoa and sour-cherry cake-crumb filling, with a baked white glaze.