Roccoco Napoletani cookies are Italian Christmas cookies that warm you with their pisto spice blend! I'm sure this will be a favorite Christmas Cookie Recipe!
Keyword: Christmas cookies, cookie, italian cookie
Servings: 20cookies
Calories: 87kcal
Ingredients
Dough:
1 3/4cupsall purpose flour
1/4teaspoonbaking powder
1/4teaspoonsea salt
1 1/2tablespoonsof pisto blend recipe
3/4cupalmond flour
Zest of one orange
2tablespoonshoney
1/2cupslivered almonds
Roughly one cup of warm water.
1egg and 1 tablespoon of water mixed for egg wash.
Pisto Blend: (see notes)
15gof cinnamon
5gof ground white pepper
5gground nutmeg
5gground coriander
5gground anise seed
Instructions
Grind all pisto ingredients together
Sift all purpose flour, sea salt, baking powder, pisto blend into the bowl of a stand mixer.
Add almond flour, orange zest, honey and slivered almonds and mix until combined.
Add warm water a little at a time until dough resembles playdough.
Turn dough out to a lightly floured surface. I rolled the dough out to four inch pieces and made the rings you see in the picture. I just felt that was a nice size. You can make them smaller or bigger but cooking times will vary.
Place the rings on a parchment lined cooking tray and coat with egg wash.
Bake at 350 for 13-14 minutes. The cookies should start to get golden brown on edges.
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Notes
The recipe for the pisto spice blend makes between 1/3 and 1/2 cup. Only 1 1/2 tablespoons are needed for the recipe.