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21 Regional Italian Christmas Cookies Tour of Italy

21 Regional Italian Christmas Cookies Tour of Italy - A curated collection of Christmas cookie recipes from The Cookie Index.

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1Yeast-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→
2Chewy walnut-and-almond domes with a sparkling sugar surface and a small walnut piece on each, an amaretti-style home variation.Italian

Walnut Amaretti

Chewy walnut-and-almond domes with a sparkling sugar surface and a small walnut piece on each, an amaretti-style home variation.

⏱️ 65 minGet Recipe→
3Coffee-colored biscotti with cinnamon, cardamom and a restrained touch of clove.Italian

Spiced Espresso Biscotti

Coffee-colored biscotti with cinnamon, cardamom and a restrained touch of clove.

⏱️ 100 minGet Recipe→
4Soft Catania-style cocoa ovals with a thin orange-marmalade layer, dark chocolate tops and chopped pistachios, traditionally associated with the autumn commemorations of the dead.Italian

Rame di Napoli

Soft Catania-style cocoa ovals with a thin orange-marmalade layer, dark chocolate tops and chopped pistachios, traditionally associated with the autumn commemorations of the dead.

⏱️ 75 minGet Recipe→
5Italian-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→
6Golden cornmeal cookies with raisins and lemon zest, inspired by Venetian zaletti.Italian

Venetian Zaletti

Golden cornmeal cookies with raisins and lemon zest, inspired by Venetian zaletti.

⏱️ 50 minGet Recipe→
7Twice-baked Tuscan-style almond slices with a little Vin Santo in the dough and a crisp golden crumb.Italian

Vin Santo Cantucci

Twice-baked Tuscan-style almond slices with a little Vin Santo in the dough and a crisp golden crumb.

⏱️ 80 minGet Recipe→
8Sardinian-style raisin and almond diamonds with a white sugar cap and colorful sprinkles, using a simple egg-free glaze.Italian

Sardinian Papassini

Sardinian-style raisin and almond diamonds with a white sugar cap and colorful sprinkles, using a simple egg-free glaze.

⏱️ 84 minGet Recipe→
9Italian-inspired hazelnut chocolate cookies with wheat flour, a soft baked crumb and a boldly cracked white sugar shell.Italian

Hazelnut Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Italian-inspired hazelnut chocolate cookies with wheat flour, a soft baked crumb and a boldly cracked white sugar shell.

⏱️ 63 minGet Recipe→
10Diamond-shaped cocoa and orange spice cookies finished with dark chocolate.Italian

Chocolate Mostaccioli

Diamond-shaped cocoa and orange spice cookies finished with dark chocolate.

⏱️ 58 minGet Recipe→
11Little 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.

⏱️ 63 minGet Recipe→
12Tender little cookies with anise extract and a thin sugar glaze.Italian

Italian Anise Cookies

Tender little cookies with anise extract and a thin sugar glaze.

⏱️ 49 minGet Recipe→
13Orange-scented almond rounds with a fine granulated-sugar crust, adapted for the home holiday tray.Italian

Orange Almond Amaretti

Orange-scented almond rounds with a fine granulated-sugar crust, adapted for the home holiday tray.

⏱️ 65 minGet Recipe→
14Piped buttery S cookies with visible star-tip ridges and one end dipped in dark chocolate.Italian

Italian Esse Cookies

Piped buttery S cookies with visible star-tip ridges and one end dipped in dark chocolate.

⏱️ 67 minGet Recipe→
15Hand-shaped hazelnut butter ovals with cinnamon in the dough and a plain, finely speckled surface.Italian

Cinnamon Hazelnut Butter Cookies

Hand-shaped hazelnut butter ovals with cinnamon in the dough and a plain, finely speckled surface.

⏱️ 71 minGet Recipe→
16Warmly 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→
17Golden almond biscotti with sunny dried apricot pieces and a lightly chewy fruit contrast.Italian

Dried Apricot Almond Biscotti

Golden almond biscotti with sunny dried apricot pieces and a lightly chewy fruit contrast.

⏱️ 113 minGet Recipe→
18Golden 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→
19Puglian-style short twisted wine cookies with three blanched almonds nestled in each twist and a sparkling sugar coating.Italian

Intorchiate Pugliese

Puglian-style short twisted wine cookies with three blanched almonds nestled in each twist and a sparkling sugar coating.

⏱️ 89 minGet Recipe→
20Flattened Milanese-style cocoa loaves made with plain biscuit crumbs, figs, raisins and almonds, finished with powdered sugar.Italian

Pan dei Morti Cookies

Flattened Milanese-style cocoa loaves made with plain biscuit crumbs, figs, raisins and almonds, finished with powdered sugar.

⏱️ 90 minGet Recipe→
21Small 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.

⏱️ 81 minGet Recipe→