Tag: sicilian Christmas cookies

  • Let’s Make Sicilian Fig Cookies, aka Cuccidati, together!

    This Friday! Let’s make Sicilian fig cookies for the holidays! ONLINE. Also known as cuccidati, cudduredde, and buccellati, let’s make these together! Friday, Dec. 17, 7PM (Eastern), during an online, hands-on workshop. Register at https://experiencesicily.com/make-sicilian-fig-cookies/

  • Sicilian Fig Cookies For The Holidays

    Sicilian fig cookies for the holidays! Also known as cuccidati, cudduredde, and buccellati. Let’s make these together! Save the date: Friday, Dec. 17 in the evening (Eastern), an online workshop. Registration details to come.

  • Buccellati: Sicilian Christmas Cookies and Cake

    Buccellati cookies and cake (pictured) are made with a filling of chopped dried figs, pumpkin jam, honey, raisins, almonds, orange rind, cinnamon, and Marsala wine. These goodies are synonymous with Christmas in Sicily. Look at the beautiful detail in the cake design!

  • Sicilian Christmas Cookies

    Pastries made with filling of chopped dried figs, pumpkin jam, honey, raisins, almonds, orange rind, cinnamon, and Marsala wine are closely associated with Christmas in Sicily. There is a larger, round, cake-like pastry called buccellato, which is also made in an elaborate cookie-sized version known as buccellati. Meanwhile, cuccidati, pictured here, are their sister. They…