Sicilian Cuccidati
Tender pastry wrapped around a rich fig, walnut and orange filling.
Italian Christmas Cookie Recipes
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Sicilian Sesame Cookies
Butter-based reginelle-style cookies with a toasted sesame crust.
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.
Sicilian ’Nzuddi
Catania-style cinnamon and candied-orange cookies, gently flattened and finished with one whole almond each; an autumn specialty suitable for a winter assortment.
Soft Amaretti
Crackled almond cookies with a delicate crust and a chewy center.
Spiced Espresso Biscotti
Coffee-colored biscotti with cinnamon, cardamom and a restrained touch of clove.
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.
Torcetti al Burro
Light yeast-raised butter cookies shaped into twisted teardrop loops with a crisp sugar crust.
Vanilla Bean Ricotta Cookies
Soft vanilla-seed ricotta domes with a vanilla-flecked milk glaze, an Italian-style home adaptation.
Vanilla Frollini
Simple vanilla shortcrust stars and circles for an Italian-style Christmas tin.