Italian Fig Cookies-Cucidati Recipe
Tried it? Rate this Recipe:
|
Category: |
Category: |
|
Ingredients: |
Ingredients: The Dough
4 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
8 ounces cold unsalted butter or 2 sticks, cut into pieces
4 large eggs
The Filling
One 12-ounce package dried Calimyrna or Mission figs, snip off the hard end of stem
˝ cup of dates, remove pits
1/2 cup unblanched almonds, toasted and coarsely chopped
1/3 cup apricot preserves or orange marmalade
˝ cup plump golden raisins
1/4 cup candied orange peel, diced ( you can find this online if you can’t find it in the baking aisle, or just used grated orange peel and more marmalade)
1/3 cup of honey if you want it sweeter
1/4 cup dark rum or whiskey
1 teaspoon cinnamon
The Frosting
1 bag of confectioners’ sugar
milk
Non-perils
|
|
Directions: |
Directions:Dough-
Put flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a food processor fitted with the metal blade; pulse just to mix. Add the butter pieces and pulse. Add eggs and pulse until dough forms a ball on the blade. Remove from processor and knead briefly on a lightly floured work surface until smooth. Shape dough into a log shape and wrap in plastic and put into fridge overnight or use after it chills well.
Instructions for filling-
Remove stems from figs and cut the figs into medium-size dice. Put figs and remaining filling ingredients into the food processor and pulse with the metal blade until finely chopped; if you want to do this the day before go right ahead, it gives the flavors a chance to meld together.
To assemble the cookies-
Cut your log of dough into 12 pieces and try to roll it out into a 3” by 12” rectangle. Then take the fig filling and scoop it out or make a fig log right down the middle onto the rectangle of the dough and roll it up placing it seam side down.
Cut cookies into 1 1/2 inch pieces, you can cut them into a square or on an angle, then place the cookies on parchment lined cookie sheets and bake at 350 for 15 minutes, till bottoms are nicely golden.
The Frosting-
One whole bag of confectioners’ sugar mixed with milk to get the right consistency, sort of thick, not watery.
Non-perils for sprinkling |
|
Number Of
Servings: |
Number Of
Servings:4-5 dozen |
Personal
Notes: |
Personal
Notes: "These are my sister Andra's recipes who we lost at the young age of 59. She was raised in the south by my grandmother and the rest of us were raised up north. She was the glue that held us all together. Going down south to see her and her family every year and to enjoy these recipes were so special to us. I hope your families enjoy them like we did.
|
|
This recipe for Italian Fig Cookies-Cucidati is from