Some Biscotti?? That would be good to have with a decent coffee over Christmas! Preferably without chocolate! Thanks and merry Christmas to you both from the UK. Xx
Grazie! We thought the family recipe was lost, Thank you for posting this video. My Great Aunt Angie (auntangelica) made these every year for Christmas. She took the subway all over NYC from Brooklyn to personally deliver cookies to relatives, well into her 90's. We waited every year for her and her shoeboxes full of cuccidatas! You folks rock.
My great grandmother use to make these every year! She shaped the stuffed crust into a ring shape with slits on top and then baked it or she made individual 1/2 moon-cookies. Brings back memories! Thank you!
In Reggio Calabria we have our version that we call petrali. A cedro is a citrus called Citron. I'm making my petrali tomorrow. Thanks for showing what real Italian cooking is.
The citron is also a key ingredients in the popular Italian soft drink Cedrata. The candied fruit often appears in American fruit cakes, which is why it's rather unpopular here. Properly used however, it can be quite good.
My mother used to make pizelles for my children when she was still alive. I don't have her recipe and there are so many recipes out there, that I'm confused for an authentic one. Thanks, love your channel.
I make cuccidati every year; they're a great holiday tradition in my family! Eva's recipe looks really good, and it's slightly different from mine. I got my recipe from my mom's godmother who was my nonna's first cousin, and then I changed the filling recipe a bit so that I could eat it (I'm allergic to nuts). I also don't like candied fruit, and I wanted to make it like it could have been made back before the 18th century, so I simplified the filling ingredient list considerably. I just use dried figs, raisins, and dates, with the peel of a fresh orange, which I grind to a paste in my nonna's hand-cranked food grinder (the kind that clamps to the edge of the kitchen table). Then I add the juice from the fresh orange, a few tablespoons of honey, a spoonful of cinnamon, and half a spoonful of cloves to the fruit paste, and mix it thoroughly. It has to sit overnight before it is used because it needs to absorb the juice and honey, and soften to a spreadable consistency. Cuccidati take 3 days to make if you make them right; filling and dough are made on the first day and sit overnight. Cookies are formed and baked on the second day, and they sit overnight as well (to dry out just a little). Then the frosting or icing is put on them on the third day.
After writing my coment I continued reading others, your description is very much like my Gandma's - no chocolate or nuts. She used her hand cranked meat grinder - the same she used for making sausages - and made a more smooth spreadable filling - not too dry, not too soft - and she also used leave her cookies out to dry a little!!! Made me laugh thinking about it!!!
I rarely eat desserts at home or in restaurants. Basically only when I'm a dinner guest n someone's home but this cucciddati recipe intrigues me a LOT! In fact, my niece is having everyone over for Christmas this year (her 1st ever large dinner hosting gig) and... I'm thinking it might be a great idea for me to make a double batch of cuccidddati to bring along as a dinner gift! Thanks for the idea Eva and 'arper!! You guys ROCK!!
In Germany we call the candied fruit: Orangade (from oranges) and Zitronade (from lemons). Very popular at Christmay baking. My older brother hated the texture and did not eat anything that had the candies fruit in it. My mothers solution, chop it so fine that he would not see it. The taste was still tastable.
In Italien, kann ich als Italiener sagen, nicht jeder mag, zum Beispiel in einem klassischen Panettone, die kandierten Früchte. Aus diesem Grund gibt es auch eine Version ohne kandierte Früchte. Grüße aus Wolfsburg !
Perfect recipe guys! 😍 I live in a town in the extreme south of Sicily, here in dialect we call them "i rame". Here, they are garnished on the surface with royal icing and sprinkles. :)
That’s certainly one of the most iconic Sicilian Christmas cookie recipe ! We made them yesterday….Fun fact: every family has there one special recipe and every year we kind of fight for who’s one are the best! Happy Holidays guy! From Palermo big hugs 🤗
Grazie! My grandmother (Piemonte) made these cookies each year along a large flan with a burnt sugar glaze. The recipe for the flan was lost with her passing--love to see you make it. It was wonderful. Thanks.
Very glad you showed this, cuccidati are my favorite part of Christmas, or was when my grandma made these for me / us. Only thing, hers were smaller, the filling was not as large/thick, no chocolate - she used to put the filling through her meat grinder and made it rather smooth - I do not recall nuts either. She would make a long narrow roll (pastry around the filling) and cut at an angle about an inch each, then after baking and cool she would put a little white icing and some colored sprinkles. Some people make the filing rather dry, others make it moist. I really like when it is a bit moist and a pronounced orange flavor but any kind of cuccidati is good IMHO. Cuccidati evoke many memories for me.
I form my cuccidati similarly, although I make mine about 2 inches long, cut 3 slits in one side, and curve them into a half-circle shape. My Sicilian grandparents lived on an orange grove so we always had orange-blossom honey when I was growing up, so I use that in the filling, along with fresh orange juice and orange rind. I top mine with white icing and multicolored sprinkles, also, because that's what I remember seeing in the bakery when I was little. They are definitely a memorable holiday treat!
My grandmother from Italy made these with minor differences in filling and method.. She baked as a whole log then frosted and sprinkled when cool. Then cut them on the diagonal. Yum!
"Are you draining my raisins?" Hah! Grazie mille! I have come to really enjoy these mid-week "Cooking With Harper" episodes. Always fun! Saluto! ,🤙🇮🇹🇺🇲
PLEASE MORE OF THIS !!! My grandmother used to make these every year :) So awesome :) DON'T GIVE UP YOU TRADITIONS ! :) Also, Ricotta cookies would be cool too some time ;)
I love that Eva ordered the Citron from where I live! When I was a kid, we used to always get cannoli with citron mixed in. Sometimes I would pick them out to eat them before I ate the cannoli. lol For some reason, bakeries here slowly replaced them with chocolate chips. Now if I want it, I have to make it that way myself!
Absolutely delicious!!! I made this cookies for Christmas and were a total hit!!! Everybody loved them!! This goes to the family recipe box!!! Big thank you from California 👍👏👏👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️❤️
The secret of sticky doughs is 1---only use one had to mix.....2--- hold back about 1/2 cup of your flour and ever once in a while take some with your dry hand and rub hands together...the formerly sticky dough falls into the bowl and you have a dry hand to mix some more...repeat as necessary until all the flour incorporated...and both hands will now be clean and dry.....a trick from my Veronese Aunt Margurite the only Italian in an all Connecticut Yankee Family! Buon Natale a tutti
ciao belli,siciliana here i first boil my dry figs in coffee orange peel cinnamon and marsala wine i also add some semi sweet chocolate chips once its cool enoughi, but your shaved chocolate idea is great i'll try that this coming xmas, i also sometimes let everything steep overnight for the flavors to mix better, but that is my choice my moms recipe doesn't require this, it's just something i decided to do and got lots of compliments for i also add some chopped almonds, but its a question of taste i like to take some recipes and put my own twist to them although some recipes are not to be touched this one can actually be played with, have fun making them. i also make some with cookie cutters i use the roll method once i've done my cookie cutter ones it gets rid of all my leftover dough they are delish i sprinkle powdered sugar on my flower shaped ones and mix a icing sugar and milk or water mixture for my roll like you made
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Complimenti, looks amazing! Can't wait to make Calabrian pignolata and nacatoli for Christmas. You should post your interpretation for those and closer to Easter pitte pie di pasqua.
You may have posted this already but the fruit in question is called "citron". I have not seen it sold in stores but it is part of the blend called "fruit cake mix".
Thank you for the cucciddati recipe! How about sfingi (aka zeppole or the Greek loukoumades). It's not necessarily Christmassy, but the warm honey over the warm pastries is amazing. And colorful sprinkles overall, Sicilian style.
Cuccidati are the best! Totally worth the time required to make them! Adding Marsala wine ties all of the flavors together perfectly! Grazie, Eva and Harper.
That Sicilian cuccidati looks incredibly aromatic and delectably delicious! I must make it this Christmas as my wife is Sicilian. My Calabrese nonna used to make pitta nchiusa, also known as pitta mpigliata, every Christmas. It’s similar to the cuccidati in that it has some of the same ingredients in the dough and filling. My nonna also made pignolata and turdilli. Oh how I miss her and her Christmas desserts! ❤️
I love, love, love this cookie. There was an Italian store where I lived a few years ago that made this during Christmastime. I looked forward to them every year. Thank you for sharing the recipe. God bless you both.
Both my fillings and dough are very different than yours. I grind whole oranges, lemons, figs, raisins, walnuts, dates and maraschino cherries ( some people use crushed pineapple) and add marsala, a bit of cinnamon and let it sit overnight. I add chocolate chips before rolling and my dough is softer, anise flavored. After they cool a bit I glaze them and sprinkle with jimmies. It makes a lot!!! But I mail them to family. No citron. There is another version made in a big ring at Easter but with more of a pie dough.
I am a new subscriber and I want to thank you for bringing back many fond memories of my Italian grandmother from 50 years ago! Christmas time was always special and she always had the best assortment of Christmas cookies The problem is, she had a very pronounced Italian accent and I could never make out the NAMES of the cookies she was making. That made it difficult to look up recipes. Some were easy. I found the 'pizzelle', the 'tadalooch' (tarallucci) was a little harder, but the one I remember most was very similar to this cuccidati, but she called it something that sounded like "KUD-ji-neet". The only difference was that her cookie was made like a ravioli. She would spread out the dough, drop a spoonfuls of filling in neat rows, cover with another thin dough, and cut like ravioli to bake. If Ava knows the name of this cookie and if it's related to the cuccidati, I would love to know the name of it! But in the meantime I will use this recipe for the dough and the filling, but make them, ravioli style, like my grandmother did. Thank you so much for this video!
Hello. I think I found the recipe you are looking for. The name is "Cuscinetti" and there seem to be different versions based on region. I found many on Pinterest however, I live in Germany and most are written in German, but if you can just get to the ingredients and make a few simple translations, you can easily figure it out. I know I'm ate to the party here, but I saw your post and I found these online earlier looking for Christmas baking ideas and then saw your post and thought I'd share. Have a wonderful Christmas!
In my place, they are called piccidati. They don't look exactly the same but they taste the same. I cooked your version today and they are delicious! Thank you for this great receipe.
This was amazing. I would so love to be tucking into this, I like the texture as seen and I am sure it would be tasty and crunchie as well. Thank you Eva and Harper. Bless
Bravissimi! Nella nostra ricetta di famiglia non utilizziamo il burro nell'impasto ma lo strutto, per il resto è tutto molto simile! Buon Natale Eva e Harper!
Please make a cassada cake. My Nanny made one for Christmas and one for New Years Eve ! I so ADORE the 2 of you 😘😘😘 much love and happy holidays Buona Natale' love Francis and Matt BKNY😘😘😘😘
They are very much considered a holiday cookie and can be decorated with red and green maraschinos (most festive), and so many flavorings to choose from ~ citrus, pistachio, coffee....I bet Eva does it well.
Brava Eva e bravo Harper che prova a fare tutto. In friuli abbiamo dei dolcetti molto simili, gli Strucchi con ripieno di frutta secca, )noci, mandorle, nocciole, pinoli), uva passa, cacao, biscotti secchi sbricciolati, bagnato tutto con grappa... la pasta molto simile e possono essere cotti al forno o fritti
not sure what it's called but my mother used to make sweet dough with anchovies in balls... so good... please please make this recipe.. miss my mother and her Christmas sweets from Calabria. must add they were fried ..
Cuccidati are very popular in New Orleans but not for Christmas. People make them for their St. Joseph's Day altars in March. Sesame seed cakes are popular then, too, but my favorites is pignolata gigi.
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Thank you for your hard work💗🌷💚. I'll propose you an other one 😅...I'd love to learn how to make : sfogliatelle ripiene teramane. It's my favorite Christmas cake.
What Christmas dessert should we tackle next?
Some Biscotti?? That would be good to have with a decent coffee over Christmas! Preferably without chocolate! Thanks and merry Christmas to you both from the UK. Xx
Li purceddhruzzi del Salento 😍
Struffoli e mustaccioli o roccocò
Panettone, per favore!
@@debrahindle1613 look for "lingue di gatto" recipe
Grazie! We thought the family recipe was lost, Thank you for posting this video. My Great Aunt Angie (auntangelica) made these every year for Christmas. She took the subway all over NYC from Brooklyn to personally deliver cookies to relatives, well into her 90's. We waited every year for her and her shoeboxes full of cuccidatas! You folks rock.
So do you♥️🌹🧓🏻
Yummmo ,sounds good
Cucci cucci.
My Italian grandmother also made these and put them in shoeboxes.
Any chance she lived here in Carroll Gardens?
My great grandmother use to make these every year! She shaped the stuffed crust into a ring shape with slits on top and then baked it
or she made individual 1/2 moon-cookies. Brings back memories! Thank you!
In Reggio Calabria we have our version that we call petrali. A cedro is a citrus called Citron. I'm making my petrali tomorrow. Thanks for showing what real Italian cooking is.
The citron is also a key ingredients in the popular Italian soft drink Cedrata. The candied fruit often appears in American fruit cakes, which is why it's rather unpopular here. Properly used however, it can be quite good.
“Ciao Harper, it was a pleasure”. Eve you are hilarious!
My mother used to make pizelles for my children when she was still alive. I don't have her recipe and there are so many recipes out there, that I'm confused for an authentic one. Thanks, love your channel.
Was your mummy from Northern Apulia?
I still have my great grandmothers cucciddati jar from the 40s, so many hands went into that jar over the years...
I make cuccidati every year; they're a great holiday tradition in my family! Eva's recipe looks really good, and it's slightly different from mine. I got my recipe from my mom's godmother who was my nonna's first cousin, and then I changed the filling recipe a bit so that I could eat it (I'm allergic to nuts). I also don't like candied fruit, and I wanted to make it like it could have been made back before the 18th century, so I simplified the filling ingredient list considerably. I just use dried figs, raisins, and dates, with the peel of a fresh orange, which I grind to a paste in my nonna's hand-cranked food grinder (the kind that clamps to the edge of the kitchen table). Then I add the juice from the fresh orange, a few tablespoons of honey, a spoonful of cinnamon, and half a spoonful of cloves to the fruit paste, and mix it thoroughly. It has to sit overnight before it is used because it needs to absorb the juice and honey, and soften to a spreadable consistency. Cuccidati take 3 days to make if you make them right; filling and dough are made on the first day and sit overnight. Cookies are formed and baked on the second day, and they sit overnight as well (to dry out just a little). Then the frosting or icing is put on them on the third day.
After writing my coment I continued reading others, your description is very much like my Gandma's - no chocolate or nuts. She used her hand cranked meat grinder - the same she used for making sausages - and made a more smooth spreadable filling - not too dry, not too soft - and she also used leave her cookies out to dry a little!!! Made me laugh thinking about it!!!
I rarely eat desserts at home or in restaurants. Basically only when I'm a dinner guest n someone's home but this cucciddati recipe intrigues me a LOT! In fact, my niece is having everyone over for Christmas this year (her 1st ever large dinner hosting gig) and... I'm thinking it might be a great idea for me to make a double batch of cuccidddati to bring along as a dinner gift! Thanks for the idea Eva and 'arper!! You guys ROCK!!
This is great, reminds me of my childhood. My Italian grandparents always made cucciddati for Christmas and the whole family helped make them.
In Germany we call the candied fruit: Orangade (from oranges) and Zitronade (from lemons). Very popular at Christmay baking. My older brother hated the texture and did not eat anything that had the candies fruit in it. My mothers solution, chop it so fine that he would not see it. The taste was still tastable.
In Italien, kann ich als Italiener sagen, nicht jeder mag, zum Beispiel in einem klassischen Panettone, die kandierten Früchte. Aus diesem Grund gibt es auch eine Version ohne kandierte Früchte.
Grüße aus Wolfsburg !
This is what TV could have been. Congratulations on this show you have made. It's amazing to see how this show has grown. I love all the recipes!
❤️❤️❤️
Eva never fails at cooking
Perfect recipe guys! 😍 I live in a town in the extreme south of Sicily, here in dialect we call them "i rame". Here, they are garnished on the surface with royal icing and sprinkles. :)
7:18 Harper’s 🙄 at Eva’s instructions were hilarious!
😂
We use cedro (called cédrat) for Christmas in Southern France as well!
That’s certainly one of the most iconic Sicilian Christmas cookie recipe ! We made them yesterday….Fun fact: every family has there one special recipe and every year we kind of fight for who’s one are the best! Happy Holidays guy! From Palermo big hugs 🤗
We love these in Louisiana, we have a huge Sicilian influence
Grazie! My grandmother (Piemonte) made these cookies each year along a large flan with a burnt sugar glaze. The recipe for the flan was lost with her passing--love to see you make it. It was wonderful. Thanks.
I made torta di mele two days ago and it was so delicious! Even better the next day. Thank you!!
Very glad you showed this, cuccidati are my favorite part of Christmas, or was when my grandma made these for me / us. Only thing, hers were smaller, the filling was not as large/thick, no chocolate - she used to put the filling through her meat grinder and made it rather smooth - I do not recall nuts either. She would make a long narrow roll (pastry around the filling) and cut at an angle about an inch each, then after baking and cool she would put a little white icing and some colored sprinkles. Some people make the filing rather dry, others make it moist. I really like when it is a bit moist and a pronounced orange flavor but any kind of cuccidati is good IMHO. Cuccidati evoke many memories for me.
I form my cuccidati similarly, although I make mine about 2 inches long, cut 3 slits in one side, and curve them into a half-circle shape. My Sicilian grandparents lived on an orange grove so we always had orange-blossom honey when I was growing up, so I use that in the filling, along with fresh orange juice and orange rind. I top mine with white icing and multicolored sprinkles, also, because that's what I remember seeing in the bakery when I was little. They are definitely a memorable holiday treat!
My grandmother from Italy made these with minor differences in filling and method.. She baked as a whole log then frosted and sprinkled when cool. Then cut them on the diagonal. Yum!
"Are you draining my raisins?" Hah!
Grazie mille! I have come to really enjoy these mid-week "Cooking With Harper" episodes.
Always fun! Saluto! ,🤙🇮🇹🇺🇲
PLEASE MORE OF THIS !!! My grandmother used to make these every year :) So awesome :) DON'T GIVE UP YOU TRADITIONS ! :) Also, Ricotta cookies would be cool too some time ;)
I love that Eva ordered the Citron from where I live! When I was a kid, we used to always get cannoli with citron mixed in. Sometimes I would pick them out to eat them before I ate the cannoli. lol For some reason, bakeries here slowly replaced them with chocolate chips. Now if I want it, I have to make it that way myself!
Bye Harper, it was a pleasure…. 🤣🤣🤣 Love Eva’s quick wit and sense of humor
Absolutely delicious!!! I made this cookies for Christmas and were a total hit!!! Everybody loved them!! This goes to the family recipe box!!! Big thank you from California 👍👏👏👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️❤️
The secret of sticky doughs is 1---only use one had to mix.....2--- hold back about 1/2 cup of your flour and ever once in a while take some with your dry hand and rub hands together...the formerly sticky dough falls into the bowl and you have a dry hand to mix some more...repeat as necessary until all the flour incorporated...and both hands will now be clean and dry.....a trick from my Veronese Aunt Margurite the only Italian in an all Connecticut Yankee Family! Buon Natale a tutti
Non li conoscevo. Che figata!
ciao belli,siciliana here i first boil my dry figs in coffee orange peel cinnamon and marsala wine i also add some semi sweet chocolate chips once its cool enoughi, but your shaved chocolate idea is great i'll try that this coming xmas, i also sometimes let everything steep overnight for the flavors to mix better, but that is my choice my moms recipe doesn't require this, it's just something i decided to do and got lots of compliments for i also add some chopped almonds, but its a question of taste i like to take some recipes and put my own twist to them although some recipes are not to be touched this one can actually be played with, have fun making them. i also make some with cookie cutters i use the roll method once i've done my cookie cutter ones it gets rid of all my leftover dough they are delish i sprinkle powdered sugar on my flower shaped ones and mix a icing sugar and milk or water mixture for my roll like you made
My mother and her family from Palermo made this for Christmas, with a few slight variations. We called them fig bars. Thank you! Love your show!!!
I thought I was done with my Christmas baking, NOPE I'll be baking this I could almost smell the deliciousness of them. Yum
Oh wow, I love desserts with dried fruit & nuts -- these cuccidati look divine. Thanks for the great tutorial Harper & Eva.
Authentic Tiramisu! ❤️❤️
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Eva….my Nonna made this dessert cookie every Christmas! Grazie! So many memories 💕
Harper mentioning Augustus Gloop made me laugh
I love your interaction. Soulmate stuff. I hope to join you on one of your tours 😎
Cheers from New Zealand where it's meant to be sunny, but it's raining
Brava again Eva !
Use to love to visit my Sicilian Grandmother, (who passed away in 2015), I always came away with assorted homemade cookies...
They look amazing and I sure they taste delicious. Thanks for such amazing recipes. I love following you guys. ❤️🙏
My family is Sicilian and we have always made cuccidati for Christmas! We put the round colored sprinkles on top!
Love orange zest, the smell is incredible!!!
Ever hear of the world renowned CHRISTMAS PIE? Sure miss my wife's Italian cooking all year long, RIP Paulanna Micelli!
Complimenti, looks amazing! Can't wait to make Calabrian pignolata and nacatoli for Christmas. You should post your interpretation for those and closer to Easter pitte pie di pasqua.
Love you guys . Here's a tip use your meat grinder kitchen aid to prep the figs and rasins. It works great. Ciao franco.
Love this version because you have so much filling in it versus other recipes I've seen !!
You may have posted this already but the fruit in question is called "citron". I have not seen it sold in stores but it is part of the blend called "fruit cake mix".
Definitely an all hands on cookie recipe.
“Ciao Harper, it was a pleasure!”
Damn- that’s savage Eva!🤣🥰🤷♀️👍🏻
Eva is hilarious. 😂 Especially when exasperated.
🤓🤙 Agreed!
I've been trying to up desert game, baking is my weak point thank you both
Thank you for the cucciddati recipe! How about sfingi (aka zeppole or the Greek loukoumades). It's not necessarily Christmassy, but the warm honey over the warm pastries is amazing. And colorful sprinkles overall, Sicilian style.
I'm So excited to try these !!!! Thank you Eva and Harper
Y'all are perfect together! Funny and great teaching!!
Cuccidati are the best! Totally worth the time required to make them! Adding Marsala wine ties all of the flavors together perfectly! Grazie, Eva and Harper.
That Sicilian cuccidati looks incredibly aromatic and delectably delicious! I must make it this Christmas as my wife is Sicilian.
My Calabrese nonna used to make pitta nchiusa, also known as pitta mpigliata, every Christmas. It’s similar to the cuccidati in that it has some of the same ingredients in the dough and filling. My nonna also made pignolata and turdilli. Oh how I miss her and her Christmas desserts! ❤️
👍and enjoy
Greetings from Germany to everyone stay healthy and fit for healthy Italian food 😋
This is my daughter's favorite ❤
Its called a Citron. They are best green or even yellow. They are in the citrus family but do not have as much pulp
I love, love, love this cookie. There was an Italian store where I lived a few years ago that made this during Christmastime. I looked forward to them every year. Thank you for sharing the recipe. God bless you both.
It’s beautiful! I can almost smell it through my phone. Grazie.
Oh another recipe make for Christmas, looks delicious! ❤️
Both my fillings and dough are very different than yours. I grind whole oranges, lemons, figs, raisins, walnuts, dates and maraschino cherries ( some people use crushed pineapple) and add marsala, a bit of cinnamon and let it sit overnight. I add chocolate chips before rolling and my dough is softer, anise flavored. After they cool a bit I glaze them and sprinkle with jimmies. It makes a lot!!! But I mail them to family. No citron. There is another version made in a big ring at Easter but with more of a pie dough.
I care!
@Bobb Grimley I am sorry that you are so unhappy with other Sicilian Americans traditional recipes.
@@candygram4435 Thanks for your kindness.
@@thelmaguaetta1109 it's so much easier to be nice 😉
@Bobb Grimley The cookies ARE Sicilian.
One of my favorite things about Christmas 🎄
Many great memories making these every Christmas of my life. Just ate one tonight! Delicious!
My Christmas cook I remember most as a child were the Calabrian Pitta 'mpigliata. It would be great to see these made.
buoni! li faccio subito
perfect timing! Spouse is making her "Buccelladu" right now!!
i really enjoy yalls videos thanks for the recipes
I am a new subscriber and I want to thank you for bringing back many fond memories of my Italian grandmother from 50 years ago!
Christmas time was always special and she always had the best assortment of Christmas cookies The problem is, she had a very pronounced Italian accent and I could never make out the NAMES of the cookies she was making. That made it difficult to look up recipes. Some were easy. I found the 'pizzelle', the 'tadalooch' (tarallucci) was a little harder, but the one I remember most was very similar to this cuccidati, but she called it something that sounded like "KUD-ji-neet". The only difference was that her cookie was made like a ravioli.
She would spread out the dough, drop a spoonfuls of filling in neat rows, cover with another thin dough, and cut like ravioli to bake. If Ava knows the name of this cookie and if it's related to the cuccidati, I would love to know the name of it!
But in the meantime I will use this recipe for the dough and the filling, but make them, ravioli style, like my grandmother did. Thank you so much for this video!
Hello. I think I found the recipe you are looking for. The name is "Cuscinetti" and there seem to be different versions based on region. I found many on Pinterest however, I live in Germany and most are written in German, but if you can just get to the ingredients and make a few simple translations, you can easily figure it out. I know I'm ate to the party here, but I saw your post and I found these online earlier looking for Christmas baking ideas and then saw your post and thought I'd share. Have a wonderful Christmas!
Looks delicious.
In my place, they are called piccidati. They don't look exactly the same but they taste the same.
I cooked your version today and they are delicious!
Thank you for this great receipe.
Those look amazing.
Merry Christmas y'all
Buon Natale!
Grazie …. it looks absolutely delicious ❤🎄
Yay cucciddati!!! Mia Nonna Peppina li faceva ogni natale =)
This was amazing. I would so love to be tucking into this, I like the texture as seen and I am sure it would be tasty and crunchie as well. Thank you Eva and Harper. Bless
Bravissimi! Nella nostra ricetta di famiglia non utilizziamo il burro nell'impasto ma lo strutto, per il resto è tutto molto simile! Buon Natale Eva e Harper!
Thank You so much for doing this video!❤️😘
They look delicious 😋 ❣️
Please make a cassada cake. My Nanny made one for Christmas and one for New Years Eve ! I so ADORE the 2 of you 😘😘😘 much love and happy holidays Buona Natale' love Francis and Matt BKNY😘😘😘😘
ua-cam.com/video/V8YUS1G1Y3o/v-deo.html done!
Cookie I would love to learn how to make from Eva: paste di mandorla. I'm not sure if it's considered a holiday cookie, but, thanks! :)
They are very much considered a holiday cookie and can be decorated with red and green maraschinos (most festive), and so many flavorings to choose from ~ citrus, pistachio, coffee....I bet Eva does it well.
Brava Eva e bravo Harper che prova a fare tutto. In friuli abbiamo dei dolcetti molto simili, gli Strucchi con ripieno di frutta secca, )noci, mandorle, nocciole, pinoli), uva passa, cacao, biscotti secchi sbricciolati, bagnato tutto con grappa... la pasta molto simile e possono essere cotti al forno o fritti
not sure what it's called but my mother used to make sweet dough with anchovies in balls... so good... please please make this recipe.. miss my mother and her Christmas sweets from Calabria. must add they were fried ..
Candied citron whole fruits/diced from Italy usually in stock from Frank and Sal's online market
Buon Natalie ,🌲🌲🌲 frohe Weihnachten 🎄 a tutti di 🎄❤❤❤❤
Merry Christmas/buon Natale Eva and Harper🎄☺️ I love these cookies, I never had them but I will try them out.
Buon Natale!!!
Lovely!
Cuccidati are very popular in New Orleans but not for Christmas. People make them for their St. Joseph's Day altars in March. Sesame seed cakes are popular then, too, but my favorites is pignolata gigi.
I just found out the pignolate are also called struffoli.
Good God, Eva's hair! So amazing .... much like her recipes!
I learned about these from Great Depression Cooking with Clara. I like the slight variations in the recipes and I plan to try these too!
I love it! Made Strufoli once, I might try it again, it was very good. Buon Natalie, Merry Christmas 🎄
Buon Natale!
Harper: "Can I wash my hands?"
Eva: "Not yet, Harper."
Harper: 😳
Eva: Harper, go wash your hands... Don't touch the fridge unless you washed your hands. Harper, did you wash your hands?
Harper: "Can I wash my hands now?"
Eva: "Not yet, Harper."
Harper: 😕
Yummy!!!😋💕
4:12 I am dyingggg hahahaha
Thank you for your hard work💗🌷💚.
I'll propose you an other one 😅...I'd love to learn how to make : sfogliatelle ripiene teramane. It's my favorite Christmas cake.
Great video, Grazie mille. :-). I would love to see you make a vegan panforte
Siete simpaticissimi ,belli e bravi 🥰🥰🥰🥰😍 Mo diverto molto con i vostri Video
This is my favorite cookie
Beautiful!!!