Sicilian almond cookies stacked on plate - Jessica Morone/Tasting Table It's pretty much impossible to have too many cookie recipes, as each one offers a unique combination of flavors that deserves to ...

Now that the holiday mode is here (it gets earlier every year), maybe it is time for you to think about your holiday cookies. I start my baking early to ensure that I am not a mad woman by December, ...

Think of cuccidati as a more mature Fig Newton. The classic Sicilian cookies make an appearance around Christmastime, filling flaky dough with a fig or mixed-fruit jam. Enjoyed as is or smeared with ...

To make the dough, first mix together the flour and the baking soda in a large bowl.Then, in an electric mixer, whip the Crisco, eggs, sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth and fully blended.Now, a ...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together flour, sugar, and baking powder. Add butter and start mixing dough until it looks like cornmeal. In a separate bowl, beat eggs and vanilla together then add ...

Along about now, the cookie tins are a bit forlorn. You can rummage through them, looking for stragglers underneath wax paper or hidden under discarded paper cookie cups. But then there’s the debate ...

I don't care what anybody says, this recipe makes one fantastic cookie, whether you're Sicilian or not! They're super crispy on the outside, moist and figgy on the inside, and bursting with pure ...

On a recent cold and gray December Sunday, dozens of Italian families gathered to celebrate a Sicilian Christmas cookie at Casa Italia, the Italian cultural center in west suburban Stone Park. Little ...

GRAND RAPIDS — Josie Lomonaco’s mother would be pleased her daughter has put the family’s Sicilian cookies out for public consumption. From sales in nine area retail stores to holidays and private ...