Filling: 1/2 lb Raisins 1 Orange; with skin 1/2 c Brown sugar 1/2 ts Cinnamon 1/4 c Strawberry preserves 1 1/2 lb Figs 1 lb Dates 1 c Walnuts 1/2 c Sugar Dough: 1/2 c Milk 3/4 c Shortening 2 tb Baking powder 7 Eggs 1/2 ts Vanilla 1 ds Salt 1 1/2 c Sugar About 8 cups flour Grind figs, dates, raisins, walnuts and orange together. Mix with sugars, cinnamon, and preserves. Set aside. (If desired, liquor can be added to the filling.) Beat eggs well. Add vanilla and milk. Beat sugar and shortening together and gradually add to eggs. Continue to beat. Mix 1 cup flour with baking powder and salt. Continue adding flour until a soft dough forms. Knead gently. Divide into 6 parts. Form a roll no more than 1 inch thick. Flatten with a rolling pin on a slightly floured board to about 2 inches wide. Spread filling down middle of dough. Fold 1 side over filling, then the other, overlapping about 1/4 inch. Seal lightly. Cut diagonally into 2 inch lengths. Continue with remaining dough and filling. Place seam side down on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool, frost with icing and decorate with colored sugars. Makes about 10 dozen cookies. (120 cookies; 20 per lb.) -----
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How to Make CUCCIDDATI | Sicilian Christmas Cookies
Today, Eva is teaching me how to make a highly-requested Sicilian Christmas dessert: cucciddati!
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00:00 A Big Thank-You to Vessi! 01:10 Cucciddati: Sicilian Christmas Cookies 01:42 Pasta Grammarian Spotlight! 01:53 Making the Cucciddati Dough 05:54 Making the Cucciddati Filling 10:44 Stuffing the Cucciddati 12:27 Baking the Cucciddati 12:45 Decorating the Cucciddati 13:06 Tasting the Cookies!
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Italian Fig Cookies {Cucidati}
The cookie known by many names. Italian Fig Cookies, Cucidati, Sicilian Fig Cookies or Buccellati are a few common ones. However, no matter what name you give them the one thing they all have in common is… they’re delicious! Known as Cucidati in Italian, these Sicilian Fig Cookies have a sweet, nutty, fig and date filling with hints of citrus. It’s wrapped in a buttery cookie dough then baked, sliced, topped with a drizzle of icing and rainbow nonpareils. Full recipe available here--
Sicilian Fig Cookies (Cucidati)
Cookies filled with a mix of ground figs, dates, raisins and nuts.