Italian Cookies Recipe
RICCIARELLI (GLUTEN-FREE COOKIES)
Ricciarelli is a luxurious and divine gluten-free cookie originating in Italy.
Easy to make, yet the result is fabulous.
ITALIAN LITTLE KNOTS COOKIES
These Little Knots are more like a sweet, frosted bread than a cookie.
The Italians dunk these treats in coffee or a sweet dessert wine at the end of a large meal.
OLD FASHIONED DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BISCOTTI
Biscotti, as I’m sure you know, are twice baked Italian cookies that are crisp and crunchy.
Chocolate-Orange Cookie Slices
A nut-fudge filling is folded into a scratch cookie crust flavored with orange zest and sprinkled with sparking sugar.
DECADENT ITALIAN AMARETTI (GREAT ALMOND COOKIES)
These classic Italian almond macaroons are light and crunchy.
Amaretti have an egg white base and are an easy-to-make cookie.
SWEET ALMOND NOUGAT (CROCCANTE DI MANDORLE)
An almond brittle made of fragrant nuts, toasted to a turn and enrobed in a sumptuous amber caramel, this treat is found in every Abruzzese home at Christmas.
LEMON SNOWBALL COOKIES
With a bit of sparkle, these buttery, tender cookies are sweet with one of nature’s best gifts: bright lemon flavor in the cookie and its snowy coating.
CHRISTMAS HORSESHOES COOKIES (FERRI DI CAVALLO)
Ferri di cavallo are soft butter cookies dipped in chocolate.