Fig Cucciddati Cookies for Christmas
The famous Sicilian Fig Cucciddati cookies that everyone must make at Christmas time.
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Ingredients
For 1 Batch(es)
For the Filling:
- 1 pound dry figs
- vanilla rum
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup sugar
For the Dough:
- 2 pounds 00 flour, if unavailable use all purpose flour
- 1/2 pound Crisco
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 lemon, zest only
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- milk as needed - about 1/4 cup
For the Glaze:
- powedered sugar
- lemon juice
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Directions
- Filling:
- Put the figs in a bowl and cover them with Vanilla Rum. Let them soak for two days.
- After two days, put the figs, the walnuts and the raisins in a blender and chop finely.
- Put the mix in a pan, add the 1/4 cup of sugar and cook until the liquids dry up. Set aside to cool off.
- Dough:
- In a bowl, mix all the dough ingredients and add as much milk as necessary to make the dough soft and elastic. Cover it and let it rest for 30 mins.
- Spread the dough into a thin long flat strip about 3" wide.
- Spread the filling at the center of the dough and close it into a long roll.
- Cut the roll every 2" and then make an indentation on one side of the cut piece.
- Bake all your cookies at 375F for about 15 Min.
- Garnish with powdered sugar.
- Glaze:
- In a bowl, mix powdered sugar and lemon juice until the sugar is melted but rather thick.
- With a brush spread the sugar over each cookie and immediately sprinkle the cookies with colored Christmas sprinkles.
- Let dry.
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Reviews
This recipe was good but I think I’d put less rum next time. It was a bit overpowering to my taste...
See Full Review >> - Homegrownlemons
This was first time i tried making and it was quite difficult for me. So many steps. Final product...
See Full Review >> - smochi29
