Italian Christmas cookie recipes
Italian Christmas cookie treats, Learn how to make classic Italian Christmas cookie recipes. Amazing recipes for Xmas but also great for any time of year
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Gluten Free Italian Christmas Cookie Recipes
Pignoli Cookies
Pignoli Cookies are slightly sweet, chewy cookie made from almond paste and covered with pine nuts. This easy recipe is low carb, keto, gluten-free, grain-free, sugar-free, and Trim Healthy Mama friendly.
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Gluten-Free Almond Cookies
These 5 ingredient cookies will become your new favourite sweet treat! When you bite through the crunchy exterior of these biscuits you will discover a rich, chewy interior. The dense texture that the almond meal provides is deeply satisfying.
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Italian Almond Cookies
These Italian almond cookies are surprisingly quick and easy to make with five ingredients and they taste incredible! They make for especially great Christmas cookies and are naturally grain-free, gluten-free and dairy-free.
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Italian Almond Chocolate Cookies - Gluten Free
Italian Almond Chocolate Cookies are a deliciously chewy treat that’s naturally gluten free. Made with ground almonds and cocoa powder, these subtly sweet cookies are perfect for any occasion.
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Pignoli Cookies With Almond Flour
Pignoli cookies are naturally gluten free almond-flavored cookies. They are crunchy on the outside, super chewy inside and so addictive. A luxurious addition to your holiday table!
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Flourless Soft Almond Cookies (Pasticcini di Mandorle)
Flourless Soft Almond Cookies (Pasticcini di Mandorle) can be soft like marzipan or baked a few minutes more for a slightly crunchy chew. Either way, these wondrous cookies are a real Italian treat! Made with only 4 ingredients, these delicious cookies are naturally gluten free
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Amaretti Cookies
Chewy and airy, these are gluten-free almond cookies made with few ingredients. It’s a great way to use those leftover egg whites that have been in the fridge for a while. They are lightly colored, with a subtle almond flavor.
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Amaretti Cookies - Italian Almond Cookies
Soft amaretti (amaretti morbidi) are popular gluten-free Italian almond cookies made with just 3 ingredients. They are deliciously crisp outside and soft and chewy inside, making them one of the most loved Italian desserts.
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Keto Biscotti Cookies
Sip a cappuccino and indulge in this sweet low carb keto biscotti cookie. This easy recipe is low carb, keto, gluten-free, grain-free, sugar-free, and Trim Healthy Mama friendly
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Gluten-free Snowball Cookies
These Gluten-free Snowball Cookies are nutty, buttery in a melt-in-your mouth way. They are similar to shortbread cookies, but baked as little balls and double rolled in powdered sugar to turn them into perfect snow balls. If you are looking for any easy, gluten-free, dairy-free recipe without specialty box mix, this is the one for you.
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Vegan Italian Christmas Cookie Recipes
Vegan Chocolate Amaretti Cookies
These irresistible gluten-free, vegan chocolate amaretti cookies are incredibly easy to make. Crunchy on the outside, soft and crumbly on the inside, they are the perfect homemade cookies for Christmas!
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Chocolate Chip Teff Biscotti (Gluten-Free, Vegan)
Grab your cup of coffee and a Chocolate Chip Teff Biscotti for a few moments of at-home bakery bliss! A gluten-free, nut-free, allergy-free, and vegan healthy recipe so you can enjoy this Italian classic once again without sacrificing flavor or crunch!
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Best-Ever Walnut Vegan Biscotti Recipe
If you are looking for vegan biscotti, chances are you are looking to elevate your teatime and may or may not have already tried it!
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Vegan Anise Pizzelle
These Vegan Anise Pizzelles are the perfect recreation of the classic Italian waffle cookie. Thin and crisp, these cookies are full of fun and bright flavor. A Christmas classic!
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Vegan Almond Cookies
These Vegan Almond Cookies are a revelation and I know that you will love them. Made with just 5 ingredients, they look and taste the same as their counterparts which are made using egg whites.
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Grandma’s Italian Butterball Cookies Recipe
If you are looking for authentic and delicious Italian butterball cookies, this is the recipe for you! In case you aren’t familiar, Italian butterball cookies are soft and buttery and melt in your mouth with ease! Despite the name, they are made using margarine, not butter.
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Gluten-Free Italian Anise Cookies (Vegan, Allergy-Free)
A traditional Italian cookie, these Gluten-Free Anise Cookies are so easy to make! They’re vegan, allergy-free, flavored with anise extract, and perfect for your holiday cookie platter! Soft and aromatic cookies with a sweet, subtle licorice flavor and simple icing glaze with sprinkles!
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Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Paleo)
The classic Italian cookie now as a healthy gluten-free, vegan, keto, and paleo recipe! Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies made with almond flour and no added sugars or oils will be a delicious addition to the dessert platter!
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Italian Amaretto Almond Cookies – Gluten Free & Vegan
Don’t you just love it when you find that all-purpose cookie – the one you can serve any time of the year, and for any occasion? Whether it’s for a ladies tea, a Christmas cookie exchange, a hostess gift, or if you are in need of a cookie recipe that is gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free – these Italian Amaretto Almond Cookies are it, my friends!
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Anise Italian Cookie Recipes
Anise Cookies (Italian Anisette)
These anisette cookies will have all your guests swooning. These classic Italian goodies are a holiday favorite, make a batch for your next gathering!
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Italian Anise Cookies
A recipe for soft and chewy Italian Anise Cookies (a.k.a. Italian Christmas Cookies) that have the classic licorice flavor everyone loves.
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Pignoli Cookies Recipe
Pignoli Cookies – With or Without Almond Paste!
These pignoli cookies are incredibly quick and easy to make and are a typical Italian cookie with a crisp exterior and chewy interior. They can be made with or without almond paste and there’s even a paleo option. Regardless of which version you make, there are only five ingredients!
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Italian Almond Cookies Recipe
Italian Almond Cookies
These Italian cookies are soft, almond flavored cookies topped with icing and colorful sprinkles. A classic dessert that’s perfect for the holidays or any other special event.
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Italian Wedding Cookies Recipes
Italian Wedding Cookies
This Italian Wedding Cookies Recipe is the only one you’ll ever need! Foolproof and delicious, this recipe uses just 6 ingredients to make wonderful, melt in your mouth Italian cookies
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Italian Wedding Cookies Recipe
Easy and quick, this is the best Italian wedding Cookies recipe ever. Loaded with walnuts and hazelnuts and coated in fluffy powder sugar like a snowball, these Italian cookies melt in your mouth and are sure to steal everybody’s heart!
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Italian Wedding Cookies
Italian wedding cookies are easy buttery and nutty cookies made with 6 simple ingredients in just 30 minutes. The texture of these cookies is amazing (similar to shortbread), and they literally melt in your mouth!
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Soft Italian Chocolate Cookies Recipe
Soft Italian Chocolate Cookies
Delicious Soft Italian Chocolate Cookies. A simple name for a special, soft, cake-like cookie, with mini chocolate chips or chocolate raisins inside, topped with crisp vanilla icing. Golden sugar adds sparkle and flair.
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Salted Chocolate Espresso Nut Clusters Recipe
Salted Chocolate Espresso Nut Clusters
If you’re looking for a last-minute holiday recipe to bring to a party, look no further! No need to make a batch of cookies when you can whip up these salted chocolate espresso nut clusters. Chocolate + Coffee + Nuts are the perfect holiday treat!
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Baci di Dama Recipe
Baci di Dama
These Baci di Dama cookies are melt-in-your mouth and so buttery. Sandwiched with dark chocolate, these cookies are the ideal accompaniment for your cup of coffee or tea.
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Cannoli Cookies Recipe
Cannoli Cookies - Italian Ricotta Cannoli Cookie
These Cannoli Cookies are made with all of the cannoli flavors you love in a light and fluffy ricotta cookie! With pistachios, chocolate, orange zest, cinnamon, and nutmeg, this Italian cookie is sure to be your new favorite.
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Bittersweet Chocolate Spice Mostaccioli Recipe
Bittersweet Chocolate Spice Mostaccioli
This delightfull Itailian Cookie is full of amazing infreadients. Enjoy tastes like cinnmon, cloves, nutneg, orange, chocolate and hazlenut.
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Crostoli Recipe
Crostoli
These Crostoli are a crispy fried Italian pastries which are popular during Carnevale and many other holidays. So light and flaky, Italian crostoli just melt in your mouth. Try stopping at just one – it’s impossible!
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Thumbprint Cookies - Italian Fig Spread And Almonds Recipe
Italian Thumbprint Cookies - Fig Spread And Almonds
Italian Thumbprint Cookies are made using delicious fig spread and crunchy almonds. Experience classic Italian flavors in this updated traditional thumbprint cookie recipe.
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Pizzelle Recipes
Pizzelle Recipe
This pizzelle recipe is flat crispy vanilla flavored cookies that are baked in an iron, then finished with a dusting of powdered sugar. A classic Italian dessert that’s perfect for parties and gift giving!
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Pizzelle
These thin, crisp, lightly sweetened Italian cookies are made with a special cookie iron. They’re perfect for making and gifting, especially around the holidays! Recipe includes a how-to video!
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Classic Anise Pizzelle – The Best Pizzelles
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Authentic Italian Pizzelle Recipe
Delicate, crisp, and light, these beautiful and tasty Italian Waffle Cookies are known as Pizzelle and similar to Norwegian Krumkaker. Anise is the most common Authentic Italian Pizzelle recipe flavor.
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Anise Pizzelle Recipe
Golden brown, thin and crispy pizzelles are a MUST for any holiday cookie tray.
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Lemon Pizzelle Recipe
This lemon pizzelle recipe is a citrus variation of the classic pizzelle recipe and a delicious addition to your Christmas cookie recipe box. Thin and crisp, pizzelles are a classic Italian cookie and are a favorite to take to holiday cookie exchanges.
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Biscotti Recipes
Pumpkin Biscotti - White Chocolate Drizzle
Pumpkin Biscotti drizzled with white chocolate make the best fall treat! Get all of the pumpkin spice flavors you love in these easy to make pumpkin biscotti that are perfect dipped in hot coffee.
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Cranberry Orange Biscotti
There is something irresistible about biscotti. Crispy, buttery and perfect for dunking in espresso or hot chocolate there a few things better than good biscotti. Flecked with tart dried cranberries, bright orange zest and drizzled with white chocolate these biscotti exude coziness.
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Cranberry Orange Biscotti
You’ll love this crunchy cranberry orange biscotti recipe that is delicious yet so easy to make! These twice-baked Italian cookies are perfect as a special holiday gift!
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Lena’s ‘Biscott’ – Biscotti made even more simple!
A perfect cookie for the holidays or for any day with some coffee! Bake only once for softer Biscotti
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Pumpkin Biscotti
These pumpkin biscotti are packed with pumpkin flavour and dipped in chocolate. They are crispy but not hard, perfect for dipping into coffee or hot chocolate. The biscotti are easy to make – all you need is a large bowl and a wire whisk. No electric mixer needed! You probably have everything you need to make this recipe in your pantry anyways!
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Banana Walnut Biscotti
This Banana Walnut Biscotti recipe is reminiscent of banana bread with its sweet aroma and uses up any overripe bananas that may be sitting out on the counter.
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Biscotti (Small Batch)
Pumpkin meets Italy with pumpkin biscotti studded with semisweet chocolate chips – a perfect companion to dunk in your coffee.
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Spiced Pumpkin Walnut Biscotti with White Chocolate
The best ever Spiced Pumpkin Walnut Biscotti with White Chocolate! Crisp and simply delicious biscotti, made with super simple ingredients. All the baking basics, plus pumpkin puree, crunchy toasted walnuts, and, of course, plenty of pumpkin spice!
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Ricotta Cookie Recipes
Lemon Ricotta Cookies (Biscotti alla Ricotta Morbidi)
Lemon ricotta cookies are a fabulous way to use ricotta, but you may find yourself buying ricotta simply to make more of these delectable bites of goodness!
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Easy Ricotta Cookies
Ricotta cookies are classic Italian cookies usually served at Christmas, Easter and other special occasions. These soft, easy ricotta cookies are so light and moist almost like eating a soft sponge cake. Not only are these light in texture, these are light in calories too! With only 66 calories in each cookie, there’s no need to feel guilty when you sneak in that extra piece.
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Italian Ricotta Cookies
Soft, super moist Italian ricotta cookies are an incredibly easy-to-make classic holiday cookie that’s also incredibly delicious! Tender, sweet, yet slightly tangy cookies are covered with a bright lemon glaze and then topped with festive sprinkles!
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Ricotta Cookies
Moist and soft Italian Ricotta Cookies that have a texture similar to cake. Glazed with a simple silky smooth vanilla glaze, and decorated with colorful sprinkles, you will love these delicious cookies!
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Italian Christmas Cookies with Figs & Walnuts Recipe
Italian Christmas Cookies with Figs & Walnuts
Filled with figs, walnuts, raisins, rum, and other goodness, these Italian Christmas Cookies (Cuccidati) are traditionally made on various holidays with Christmas being the peak season but they are perfect any time of the year!
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Italian Lemon Cookies - Anginetti Recipe
Italian Lemon Cookies - Anginetti
Soft, pillowy, and filled with lemon flavor, these Italian Lemon Cookies (Anginetti) are perfect for any occasion. They are not too sweet and have a hint of vanilla you will love. Perfect with a cup of tea or coffee!
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Italian Butter Cookie Recipe
Italian Butter Cookies
Authentic Italian butter cookies – you can make 12 different cookies with just one dough – Perfect for your Christmas cookie tray!
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Amaretti Cookie Recipe (Soft Amaretti) Recipe
Amaretti Cookie Recipe (Soft Amaretti)
Delicious and easy Amaretti Cookie recipe using Amaretto Liqueur and almond flour. This traditional Italian cookie is so tasty and easy to make!
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Italian Canestrelli Christams Cookie Recipe
Italian Canestrelli Cookies
Canestrelli cookies are a little bit like shortbread but lighter, with more of a crunch, and a more in-depth flavour. These Christmas cookies are from Italy’s Liguria region, and are buttery tasting with delicious lemon fragrance evident in every bite. You will want to add these Italian cookies to this year’s Christmas baking or holiday baking plans.
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Almond Paste Italian Christmas Cookie Recipe
Italian Almond Paste Cookies
Italian Almond Paste Cookies, also known as almond macaroons, are a soft, chewy, and highly addictive delight perfect for Christmas or Passover. Only four ingredients are required to make this flourless cookie recipe!
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Spiced Eggnog Italian Christmas Cookie Recipe
Spiced Eggnog Cookies
Sweet, chewy, and soft. These Spiced Eggnog Cookies are the best for celebrating the holidays! Made with spiced eggnog and topped off with an eggnog icing drizzle, this holiday dessert recipe is melt-in-your-mouth perfection. Whether you’re making memories with your family this holiday season or looking for a sweet treat full of holiday flavor, these Eggnog Cookies are delicious!
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Cucidati (Italian fig cookies) Christmas Cookie recipe
Cucidati (Italian fig cookies)
These cucidati have a delicious fruit filling wrapped in a buttery cookie with a flourish of lemon frosting and sprinkles on top. It’s no wonder these Italian fig cookies are a favorite for Christmas and special occasions.
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Italian Old Fashioned Snowball Christmas Cookie Recipe
Old Fashioned Snowball Cookies
Old fashioned snowball cookies are one of those must-haves during the holiday season. They are buttery, nutty, and have a melt-in-your-mouth texture
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Frappe or Cioffe - Italian Bow Tie Christmas Cookie Recipe
Italian Frappe or Cioffe - Bow Tie Cookies
Frappe or Cioffe are traditional Carnevale Italian bow tie cookies, for lack of a better name. The fried, slightly sweetened dough turns as light as angel wings, and tastes just as heavenly, especially with a dusting of powdered sugar!
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Italian Christmas cookie recipes
