Cuccidati,s another famous name is buccellati, Italian fig cookies or Sicilian fig cookies, are fig-stuffed cookies traditionally served at Christmas time.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients of Cuccidati
For dough
- 8 cupsall purpose flour
- 2 cups margarine
- 1 tbspbaking powder
- ½ tspsalt
- 3 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 small oranges zest
- ½ cup milk
For the filling
- 1.5 cups raisins
- 6 cupsdried figs
- ¾ cupdark chocolate chips
- 1 cupjam
- 3 cups nuts
- 2 tbsprum optional
- 1 smallorange zest only
- ½ tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 shot glass marsala wine or vanilla essence
- hot water
Decorate
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbspmilk
- colored sprinkles
- lemon extract
How to make Cuccidati
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Add flour, shortening, baking powder, and salt in mixer and mix them well.
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Add sugar, orange zest, and eggs and knead to form a soft dough.
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Cut the dough into equal pieces and roll into log shapes.
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Store in plastic bag in refrigerator overnight.
Make the Filling
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Soak raisins in hot water for about 10 minutes. After drain pul all ingredients in mixer.
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Make smooth paste.
Cookies
- Dust surface with flour and roll out each log into a long rectangle.
- For each strip of dough, add a strip of filling to the center and then fold the edge of the dough over to seal the filling inside.
- Slice each log into about same size pieces and place on lined cookie sheet.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
Decoration
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Add powdered sugar and one tablespoon of milkand make thick paste.
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Drizzle the frosting over the cooled cookies and then while frosting is still wet, decorate with sprinkles.
