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17 Knot Shaped Italian Christmas Cookies

17 Knot Shaped Italian Christmas Cookies - Curated Christmas cookie recipes from The Cookie Index.

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1Solid almond-butter discs paired around a thin apricot-jam layer, an Italian-style home sandwich cookie.Italian

Almond Apricot Sandwich Cookies

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

2Twice-baked almond cookies with a crisp bite and a little orange zest.Italian

Almond Cantucci

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

3Hand-shaped almond butter crescents with a tender short crumb and a thin snowy sugar finish.Italian

Almond Shortbread Crescents

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

4An Italian-style crisp twice-baked cookie with lightly crushed anise seeds and small dark chocolate pockets.Italian

Anise Chocolate Chip Biscotti

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

5Flat scalloped almond shortcrust rounds joined with dark-chocolate ganache, an Italian-style home sandwich cookie.Italian

Almond Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

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

6Small cutout frollini sandwiches with apricot centers showing through round windows and a fine sugar dusting.Italian

Apricot Jam Frollini

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

7Golden almond biscotti with fragrant orange zest and crisp, diagonally sliced edges.Italian

Almond Orange Biscotti

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

8Tender knotted cookies with warm cinnamon and a light sugar coating.Italian

Cinnamon Knot Cookies

Tender knotted cookies with warm cinnamon and a light sugar coating.

9Tender vanilla dough knots with a thin glaze and festive sprinkles.Italian

Vanilla Knot Cookies

Tender vanilla dough knots with a thin glaze and festive sprinkles.

10Soft ricotta cookies with almond flour and lightly toasted sliced-almond crowns, a home adaptation rather than almond paste biscuits.Italian

Almond Ricotta Cookies

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

11Tender cocoa dough knots lightly dusted with powdered sugar, an Italian-style home adaptation shaped from a single rope.Italian

Cocoa Knot Cookies

Tender cocoa dough knots lightly dusted with powdered sugar, an Italian-style home adaptation shaped from a single rope.

12Lemon-scented Abruzzo-style wafer cookies cooked individually in a patterned ferratelle or pizzelle iron.Italian

Abruzzo Ferratelle

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

13Golden orange-zest dough knots sweetened partly with honey and finished with a thin orange-honey glaze; an Italian-style home adaptation.Italian

Orange Honey Knot Cookies

Golden orange-zest dough knots sweetened partly with honey and finished with a thin orange-honey glaze; an Italian-style home adaptation.

14Star-piped crisp meringues with almond aroma and finely broken almond flakes on top, an Italian-style home variation.Italian

Almond Meringue Kisses

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

15Tender almond-scented dough knots with sliced almonds and a light sugar glaze, an Italian-style home adaptation.Italian

Almond Knot Cookies

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

16Lemon-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.

17Little lemon-scented dough knots with a bright glaze, lovely on a Christmas tray.Italian

Italian Lemon Knot Cookies

Little lemon-scented dough knots with a bright glaze, lovely on a Christmas tray.