Italian Christmas Collection

17 Italian Christmas Cookies Your Nonna Would Be Proud Of

17 Italian Christmas Cookies Your Nonna Would Be Proud Of - A curated collection of Christmas cookie recipes from The Cookie Index.

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1Neapolitan-style rectangular shortcrust pastries around a cocoa and sour-cherry cake-crumb filling, with a baked white glaze.Italian

Biscotti all’Amarena

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

⏱️ 85 minGet Recipe→
2Crackled almond cookies with a delicate crust and a chewy center.Italian

Soft Amaretti

Crackled almond cookies with a delicate crust and a chewy center.

⏱️ 45 minGet Recipe→
3Soft almond cookies with ground pistachios and a nutty green coating.Italian

Pistachio Almond Cookies

Soft almond cookies with ground pistachios and a nutty green coating.

⏱️ 45 minGet Recipe→
4Scalloped rectangular frollini sandwiches with bright raspberry filling visible through small oval windows.Italian

Raspberry Jam Frollini

Scalloped rectangular frollini sandwiches with bright raspberry filling visible through small oval windows.

⏱️ 86 minGet Recipe→
5Lemon-zest and crushed-anise dough knots with a thin lemon glaze, an Italian-style home adaptation.Italian

Lemon Anise Knot Cookies

Lemon-zest and crushed-anise dough knots with a thin lemon glaze, an Italian-style home adaptation.

⏱️ 72 minGet Recipe→
6Warmly spiced biscotti with small dark raisins in a cinnamon-speckled crumb.Italian

Cinnamon Raisin Biscotti

Warmly spiced biscotti with small dark raisins in a cinnamon-speckled crumb.

⏱️ 108 minGet Recipe→
7Delicate flower-shaped butter cookies with a center hole and a snowy sugar finish.Italian

Canestrelli

Delicate flower-shaped butter cookies with a center hole and a snowy sugar finish.

⏱️ 53 minGet Recipe→
8Small Palermo-style cocoa and almond cookie domes with a thin dark cocoa-sugar coating, made without pastry scraps or raw-egg icing.Italian

Sicilian Tetù Cookies

Small Palermo-style cocoa and almond cookie domes with a thin dark cocoa-sugar coating, made without pastry scraps or raw-egg icing.

⏱️ 89 minGet Recipe→
9Yeast-raised Genovese-style sweet bread slices with fennel seeds, rested overnight and toasted until dry and golden.Italian

Genovese Lagaccio Biscotti

Yeast-raised Genovese-style sweet bread slices with fennel seeds, rested overnight and toasted until dry and golden.

⏱️ 120 minGet Recipe→
10Soft ricotta cookies with fresh orange zest and a bright citrus glaze.Italian

Orange Ricotta Cookies

Soft ricotta cookies with fresh orange zest and a bright citrus glaze.

⏱️ 58 minGet Recipe→
11Slice-and-bake butter cookies with distinct vanilla and cocoa spirals, inspired by Italian biscotti girandola.Italian

Cocoa Vanilla Swirl Cookies

Slice-and-bake butter cookies with distinct vanilla and cocoa spirals, inspired by Italian biscotti girandola.

⏱️ 81 minGet Recipe→
12Golden yolk-rich butter rings inspired by the traditional cookies of Burano, scented with lemon and vanilla.Italian

Bussolai Buranelli

Golden yolk-rich butter rings inspired by the traditional cookies of Burano, scented with lemon and vanilla.

⏱️ 75 minGet Recipe→
13Flattened pointed almond ovals with candied orange, baked after an overnight rest and completely coated in dark chocolate; a home ricciarelli variation.Italian

Chocolate Ricciarelli

Flattened pointed almond ovals with candied orange, baked after an overnight rest and completely coated in dark chocolate; a home ricciarelli variation.

⏱️ 80 minGet Recipe→
14Ivory pointed meringue kisses with fine pistachio flecks and a light nut sprinkle, an Italian-style home adaptation.Italian

Pistachio Meringue Kisses

Ivory pointed meringue kisses with fine pistachio flecks and a light nut sprinkle, an Italian-style home adaptation.

⏱️ 185 minGet Recipe→
15Italian-style biscotti with chopped dates, walnut pieces and a little orange zest.Italian

Date Walnut Biscotti

Italian-style biscotti with chopped dates, walnut pieces and a little orange zest.

⏱️ 113 minGet Recipe→
16Ridged cocoa-hazelnut kisses joined with a dark-chocolate ganache, inspired by Alassio's pastry tradition.Italian

Baci di Alassio

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

⏱️ 81 minGet Recipe→
17Small bake-only lemon shortcrust rings with a thin white lemon icing, adapted from Italian sweet taralli recipes rather than boiled egg-dough rings.Italian

Sweet Lemon Taralli

Small bake-only lemon shortcrust rings with a thin white lemon icing, adapted from Italian sweet taralli recipes rather than boiled egg-dough rings.

⏱️ 71 minGet Recipe→