How To make Cucidata
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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01:10 Cucciddati: Sicilian Christmas Cookies
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01:53 Making the Cucciddati Dough
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12:27 Baking the Cucciddati
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Italian Fig Cookies (Cuccidati)
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Italian fig cookies, also known as cuccidati, are a one of a kind traditional Italian cookie! The filling is made with a fragrant mix of dried figs, raisins, walnuts, apricot jam, and a blend of warm spices. The cookie is wrapped in a soft, pastry-like dough, then topped with icing and nonpareil sprinkles. Italian fig cookies are the perfect cookies to make for Christmas and the holidays.
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Cucidati Fig Cookies Part I
Recipe:
Cucidati Cookies (Sicilian Cookies by Clara)
FILLING
Boil 2 cups of water and add 1/2 cups sugar. Let cook.
3/4 cups shelled hazel nuts
1/2 cups shelled almonds
1/2 cups shelled walnuts
1/2 cups shelled pecans
Toast all nuts on cookie sheet separately (different nuts take different times to toast).
Grind together with nuts:
1/2 lb. diced candied fruit
1/4 lb. dark raisins
1/4 lb. light raisins
1/4 lb. dates (pitted)
1 orange with rind
1 dried tangerine with rind
2 lbs. figs or (2 packages or atleast 14 oz. apiece)
Mix well all the ground ingredients.
Add 1/2 or 3/4 of the cooled sugar water to make a nice soft mixture (be careful not to make it too soft).
Save the rest of the sugar water mixture.
Add 1/2 cup whiskey to ground ingredients.
Mix well and let stand overnight. Keep in a fridge or cool place.
You may need to add the sugar-water the next day.
DOUGH
10 cups flour
1 lb lard
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup cold milk
2 heaping table spoons baking powder
1 table spoon vanilla
12 eggs
Work flour and lard like you would pie crust.
Melt sugar in milk.
Beat egg and add vanilla.
When flour and lard are mixed well, add baking powder, then add the other ingredients and mix until you have a nice liable dough.
Let stand at least one hour, or this can be made the day before. Cover with a clean dish towel and put in the fridge or a cool place.
Roll dough.
Fill with filling (you can use a pastry bag). Cut and bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 until golden brown.
If you like icing, mix milk, powdered sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla (preferably white vanilla). Brush on cookies and sprinkle with little colored candies.
COMPLETE INGREDIENT LIST
-Flour
-Lard
-Sugar
-Milk
-Baking Powder
-Eggs
-Powdered Sugar
-White Vanilla
-Little colored candies for topping
-Filbert nuts (or Hazel nuts)
-Almonds
-Walnuts
-Pecans
-Candied fruit
-Dark raisins
-Light raisins
-Dates
-1 Orange
-1 Tangerine rind
-2 packages of figs or at least 14oz. apiece
-Whiskey
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