Delicious recipes straight from the kitchens of your favorite Tule authors.
I love these cookies. They have a cake-like texture, and are wonderful with a cup of tea or coffee. They are exactly the kind of cookies Lina would make at her cafe in Compass Cove. These are so pretty when they’re done, but they aren’t complicated and are great fun to make with kids. You can twirl them into all kinds of shapes.
Ingredients:
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1⁄2 cup butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 1⁄2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
6 teaspoons water
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375°
Sift the flour and baking powder together into a bowl.
In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and add vanilla, then pour the dry ingredients into the wet and mix. I use a stand mixer—add the dry ingredients a half cup at a time.
Turn out the dough on a floured board or silicon baking mat. Gently knead for a minute or two, adding flour as needed to keep dough from sticking to hands. Pinch off dough, roll in your hands to form a log and then twirl into shape. Place on greased cookie sheets.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Combine the last 3 ingredients to make a creamy icing:
Dip cookies into icing. Place on wire rack with wax paper on counter to collect the dripping icing, then add sprinkles.
Italiani don’t bake cookies .we bake biscuits (BISCOTTI)
Love these cookies. My Italian friend’s family made so many varieties of cookies, including these.
I’ve made biscotti, too! But don’t tell my family we don’t bake cookies. This is my nonna’s recipe. :) (Struffoli is also a favorite, as are amaretti cookies.)