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Italian Christmas Cookie Recipes

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Apricot Jam Frollini

Apricot Jam Frollini

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

Baci di Alassio

Baci di Alassio

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

Baci di Dama

Baci di Dama

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

Biscotti all’Amarena

Biscotti all’Amarena

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

Brutti ma Buoni

Brutti ma Buoni

Rough-edged hazelnut meringue cookies with a crisp shell and a chewy middle.

Bussolai Buranelli

Bussolai Buranelli

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

Calabrian Ginetti

Calabrian Ginetti

Calabrian-style egg-dough rings, boiled, scored around their outer edge and baked before receiving an opaque egg-free lemon sugar coat.

Calabrian Petrali

Calabrian Petrali

Calabrian-style shortcrust crescents filled with figs, raisins, nuts, cocoa and coffee, finished with an egg wash and colorful sprinkles.

Canestrelli

Canestrelli

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

Cavallucci

Cavallucci

Pale, rustic Siena-style cookies with walnuts, candied citrus and anise, adapted for a gently chewy home-baked finish.