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17 Sesame Italian Christmas Cookies Sicilian Style

17 Sesame Italian Christmas Cookies Sicilian Style - Curated Christmas cookie recipes from The Cookie Index.

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Ridged 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.

Neapolitan-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.

Twice-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.

Hand-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.

Pale golden biscotti dotted with poppy seeds and bright lemon zest.

Italian

Lemon Poppy Seed Biscotti

Pale golden biscotti dotted with poppy seeds and bright lemon zest.

Italian

Anise Chocolate Chip Biscotti

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

Italian

Almond Meringue Kisses

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

Italian

Almond Knot Cookies

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

Small-seeded biscotti with toasted sesame and gently crushed anise dispersed through the dough.

Italian

Sesame Anise Biscotti

Small-seeded biscotti with toasted sesame and gently crushed anise dispersed through the dough.

Golden 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.

Butter-based reginelle-style cookies with a toasted sesame crust.

Italian

Sicilian Sesame Cookies

Butter-based reginelle-style cookies with a toasted sesame crust.

Small 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.

Italian

Almond Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

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

Lemon-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.

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

Italian

Baci di Dama

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

Italian

Almond Apricot Sandwich Cookies

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

Soft 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.