These were some of the best cookies I’ve ever had!! 👏👏 you can taste each ingredient and the nuts and orange 👌🏼👌🏼 seriously your grandma knew what she was doing!! Use the brandy too, goes perfectly.
We make these cookies every year for Christmas. I loved them as a child and was determined to learn how to make them when I became an adult. The hard thing was no one in my family wrote the recipe down. So my Aunt was the only person left to help me and we worked together to create our family recipe. I gather up my kids, grandkids, cousins and we have a glorious day baking and enjoying creating. We make the dough and filling the day before so all we need to do is assemble. We get the kids involved as well they decorate and get quite creative. We look forward to this every year. They are so delicious with a cup of coffee. Love your version too! Thanks for all you do, love your video's Nicole!
BRAVA. My mom is in her eighties now (Sicilian). She has not felt up to making these for the past couple of years. She says "Who is going to make these when I am gone?" Maybe this year I will surprise her. 😁 Thank you.Liked/subscribed BTW, I am 100% Italian. Lived in Italy for 6 years. .This recipe is pretty close to how my mom makes them. Only she makes a jam out of the figs year round (She has a HUGE fig tree in her front yard. See how Italian we are? 😉) which is what she uses in these cookies. Sorry, so loooong, but you got me excited 😊
My Italian boss, who was born in Pensacola, but now lives here in San Diego, makes these every year at a Christmas, and always gives me some. They are my favorite Christmas cookie!
My sister-in-law made these every year, and my job as a kid was to grind all the figs, dates, raisins, etc. in the hand grinder. I never knew until I was an adult that the recipe called for 3.5-4 cups of flour---we always used 10 pounds of flour and had cookies cooling everywhere throughout the house! It truly was an all-day affair.
Our family’s favorite cookie! We use almost identical ingredients, except we use whiskey (one year I decided to use water, won’t do that again!) and walnuts instead of pecans. Hope people try this recipe, it’s not Christmas without cuccidati in this Italian home!
I like to add a tablespoon of so of orange marmalade to the filling. The possibilities here are endless. Nice job, Nicole❤These cookies are also called St. Joseph Cookies in honor of St. Joseph for his feast day on March 19. Men and women in Italy prepare for the huge feast day by gathering in church community centers and peoples' homes to make Cucidatti. We love St. Joseph❤
Did you ever hear of Rosettes. My grandmother was from northern Italy. She made the dough (like struffoli but different I think) she made rosette shaped pieces from strips. Orange lemon in her boiled honey. Fried in oil and drained. Honey poured over tops on a tray, which seeped into the bottoms of the rosettes. Omg delicious. Sprinkled tiny candies on top.
Enjoyed your video! I made fig cookies yesterday for the first time using my Grandfather's hand written recipe - I had to guess at some of the measurement - it says add honey. It also had no spice listed and it used roasted almonds - interesting that there are many variations of the same basic recipe.
I love these. My Sicilian grandma made these for Christmas. Brought back memories. My favorite Christmas cookies tie for first place:. Butter cookies made with a cookie press and pecan snowballs.
I've always soaked them overnight, then drained the juice and refrigerated it to drink. No waste. Soft fruit now, no problems grinding to a nice soft paste. I processed each one separately, the figs, then the dates, then the raisins, added them all together and hand mixed them together with choc chips, toasted walnuts, marmalade, A SPLASH OF PEPPER (yes, black pepper) and then a jar of honey, and if I had them, chopped cherries.
Nicole. Except for the food processor, this is almost exactly my mom’s recipe. I tried my hand at it about 2 years ago. I used the grind method and swore the next time I made them, I’d use a food processor, which I did. Can’t thank you enough. By the way, I follow your videos and have learned many techniques that I’ve applied to other recipes. Thank you.
I was so excited to see you do this video! Making Cuccidati is a Christmas tradition for our family and we all get together to make them. Some are given away to friends and family and we freeze a bunch to enjoy throughout the year! Thanks for the video Nicole!
Close to how we do it. We use orange juice in the filling and cook it all down then take it off the heat, add Grand Marnier and finely chopped almonds then let it cool down. In the frosting we use lemon juice instead of milk. Gives it a nice fresh hint of lemon when you bite into it. A great cookie no matter how you make it!
Great job, I also make cucidatti cookies, my Grandmother was from Calabria..... I can't make them fast enough, I sale them. For our family reunion this past June, I made 20 doz of them... Talk about tired of baking... Lol Hope you have a Merry Christmas!!!🌲🌲🌲
This recipe looks really lovely, I’ll make them this weekend, I have just found you and I love how simple you make it look always. Thank you for sharing your family’s traditional bakes.
Late response, but.. You can keep the dough (and the filling) in the fridge for up to 3 days. I guess you can freeze the dough but it's not necessarily reccomended.
Can I use fresh figs instead of the dried figs and just do all of the other fruit dried? My fig tree is loaded. I could do the filling now, and bake some, freeze the rest maybe?
Hello, dear!! I just found you, and I'm amazed with this lovely recepie that I'm gonna make it for sure!!! I already have a new fan from BEYROUTH LEBANON!! MERRY CHRISTMAS 🤶🎊🎉🤶🎊🎉🤶🎊🎉
They will last several weeks. I ususally keep them in an air tight container for a week or so in my pantry... If you want to store them longer, put them in the fridge or freezer
Hello Rita! We always make sure to include the recipe (with ingredients and amounts) underneath the video in the video's description. All you have to do is click "show more." Here is the link to the recipe for these gif cookies - happy baking! www.allrecipes.com/recipe/8313930/italian-fig-cookies-cuccidati/
Apron...you bake like an angel, but "true Italian fashion," when making food, remove your rings, wear an apron - and a hair-net!! 🤣LOL! Thank you for this delicious cookie recipe. You made it look so easy! Can you show us how to make "Italian Peaches"...gorgeous sandwich butter cookies that are shaped and colored like a peach🍑 often served at the famous, spectacular "wedding cookie tables" in Pittsburgh, PA. At weddings, huge, long table(s) are covered with an eye-popping array of different Italian cookies & sweets (i.e., torrone, baci, biscotti) The wedding guests are given a bag or box to take some home.Sweet!🥰 Please, could you or someone out there from Pittsburgh who knows about these "Wedding Cookie Tables", get those amazing cookie recipes together in one cookbook (w/lots of photos!) before that tradition dissappears? I'll buy at least 20 copies for 🎁s!! Che buono!!! 😘👌
My Sicilian grandmother made these every year and we all fought for them. I will give your very traditional recipe a try. Thank you so much.
These were some of the best cookies I’ve ever had!! 👏👏 you can taste each ingredient and the nuts and orange 👌🏼👌🏼 seriously your grandma knew what she was doing!! Use the brandy too, goes perfectly.
We make these cookies every year for Christmas. I loved them as a child and was determined to learn how to make them when I became an adult. The hard thing was no one in my family wrote the recipe down. So my Aunt was the only person left to help me and we worked together to create our family recipe. I gather up my kids, grandkids, cousins and we have a glorious day baking and enjoying creating. We make the dough and filling the day before so all we need to do is assemble. We get the kids involved as well they decorate and get quite creative. We look forward to this every year. They are so delicious with a cup of coffee. Love your version too! Thanks for all you do, love your video's Nicole!
BRAVA. My mom is in her eighties now (Sicilian). She has not felt up to making these for the past couple of years. She says "Who is going to make these when I am gone?" Maybe this year I will surprise her. 😁 Thank you.Liked/subscribed BTW, I am 100% Italian. Lived in Italy for 6 years. .This recipe is pretty close to how my mom makes them. Only she makes a jam out of the figs year round (She has a HUGE fig tree in her front yard. See how Italian we are? 😉) which is what she uses in these cookies. Sorry, so loooong, but you got me excited 😊
Exactly! I had to learn how to make these and get them right, because my grandmother doesn't make them anymore! Hope you enjoy!! - Nicole
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I totally understand how you feel I too feel like that .I guess it’s the Italian in us …..lol
My Italian boss, who was born in Pensacola, but now lives here in San Diego, makes these every year at a Christmas, and always gives me some. They are my favorite Christmas cookie!
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My sister-in-law made these every year, and my job as a kid was to grind all the figs, dates, raisins, etc. in the hand grinder. I never knew until I was an adult that the recipe called for 3.5-4 cups of flour---we always used 10 pounds of flour and had cookies cooling everywhere throughout the house! It truly was an all-day affair.
I like your baking style. At least you remembered to put the Sugar in! Someone brought these into work years ago. And I became a fan! Bravo!!🎉🎉❤
Nicole I love you more with every video. Thanks for this, reminds me of my aunt who was the family baker. Buon Natale bella xx
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Our family’s favorite cookie! We use almost identical ingredients, except we use whiskey (one year I decided to use water, won’t do that again!) and walnuts instead of pecans. Hope people try this recipe, it’s not Christmas without cuccidati in this Italian home!
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Definitely use brandy! NOT WATER!
I like to add a tablespoon of so of orange marmalade to the filling. The possibilities here are endless. Nice job, Nicole❤These cookies are also called St. Joseph Cookies in honor of St. Joseph for his feast day on March 19. Men and women in Italy prepare for the huge feast day by gathering in church community centers and peoples' homes to make Cucidatti. We love St. Joseph❤
Did you ever hear of Rosettes. My grandmother was from northern Italy. She made the dough (like struffoli but different I think) she made rosette shaped pieces from strips. Orange lemon in her boiled honey. Fried in oil and drained. Honey poured over tops on a tray, which seeped into the bottoms of the rosettes. Omg delicious. Sprinkled tiny candies on top.
Enjoyed your video! I made fig cookies yesterday for the first time using my Grandfather's hand written recipe - I had to guess at some of the measurement - it says add honey. It also had no spice listed and it used roasted almonds - interesting that there are many variations of the same basic recipe.
I love these. My Sicilian grandma made these for Christmas. Brought back memories. My favorite Christmas cookies tie for first place:. Butter cookies made with a cookie press and pecan snowballs.
Love your “deadpan” and voice to match❤️
Merry Christmas 🎄
I've always soaked them overnight, then drained the juice and refrigerated it to drink. No waste. Soft fruit now, no problems grinding to a nice soft paste. I processed each one separately, the figs, then the dates, then the raisins, added them all together and hand mixed them together with choc chips, toasted walnuts, marmalade, A SPLASH OF PEPPER (yes, black pepper) and then a jar of honey, and if I had them, chopped cherries.
Nicole. Except for the food processor, this is almost exactly my mom’s recipe. I tried my hand at it about 2 years ago. I used the grind method and swore the next time I made them, I’d use a food processor, which I did. Can’t thank you enough. By the way, I follow your videos and have learned many techniques that I’ve applied to other recipes. Thank you.
Thank you for watching! -Nicole
Nicole this is perfect. Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas ❤
I was so excited to see you do this video! Making Cuccidati is a Christmas tradition for our family and we all get together to make them. Some are given away to friends and family and we freeze a bunch to enjoy throughout the year! Thanks for the video Nicole!
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Definitely giving this a try. I might use some prunes as well in the mix. Thank you!
Close to how we do it. We use orange juice in the filling and cook it all down then take it off the heat, add Grand Marnier and finely chopped almonds then let it cool down. In the frosting we use lemon juice instead of milk. Gives it a nice fresh hint of lemon when you bite into it. A great cookie no matter how you make it!
Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas😊
Those are the best. My local
Italian bakery made them. Omg delicious.
Theses look amazing..I and rodney are going to make these
Excellent Recipe I would love to try this Recipe thanks for sharing 👌🏾👌🏾🌳
Great job, I also make cucidatti cookies, my Grandmother was from Calabria..... I can't make them fast enough, I sale them. For our family reunion this past June, I made 20 doz of them... Talk about tired of baking... Lol
Hope you have a Merry Christmas!!!🌲🌲🌲
My grandmother called them guzigini
I make them now. Along with traditional Italian cookies
These look so good and I love watching you cook!
This recipe looks really lovely, I’ll make them this weekend, I have just found you and I love how simple you make it look always. Thank you for sharing your family’s traditional bakes.
Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoy the cookies! -Nicole
Buccidati memories when I was little girl back in Sicily I'm making in Australia for my grandchildren
Wonderful I might just try making these!
Your fig cookies are the best
Absolutely love these cookies ❤ ❤
I have prepared my dough so far. Would like to know if dough can be frozen?
Late response, but.. You can keep the dough (and the filling) in the fridge for up to 3 days. I guess you can freeze the dough but it's not necessarily reccomended.
My nonnie just did it with fig.
I love you are an expert but still show us your bloopers with no embarrassment.
OMG need I say more!!!
Can I use fresh figs instead of the dried figs and just do all of the other fruit dried? My fig tree is loaded. I could do the filling now, and bake some, freeze the rest maybe?
Wonderful memories. You are a great cook.
Your recipe is true to the original recipe I have from Nana Trippy. But I do use whiskey!
Wow, you explain things so easy!
Perfectly cooked 👍
These look absolutely amazing! Buon Natale 🎄🎄🎄
I don't have a dough hook for my processor. Did i see you use the knife blade for the entire process??
Great young lady you know your heritage Italian Buon Natale
Hello, dear!! I just found you, and I'm amazed with this lovely recepie that I'm gonna make it for sure!!! I already have a new fan from BEYROUTH LEBANON!! MERRY CHRISTMAS 🤶🎊🎉🤶🎊🎉🤶🎊🎉
I plan to use this recipe to make for my sons wedding. Can anyone tell me approx how many cookies a single batch makes? Thank you!
You are so simpatica Nicole grazie 💖 i like your recipe😊 its like mine 😋
This looks yummy!!!
My mom used to make a delicious anise flavored cookie every Christmas. I’ve yet to find that recipe.
You have to add sweetened expresso to the fig mixture and let it marinate for a week, then you're ready to fill the cookies!
How do I get the recipe with ingredient amounts to print out and buy?
Will you please teach us how to make a panettone?
Could you tell us how long will they keep and the best way please. Thank you 🤶🏻🎄🤶🏻
They will last several weeks. I ususally keep them in an air tight container for a week or so in my pantry... If you want to store them longer, put them in the fridge or freezer
@@allrecipes ok that’s great, thanks for answering.
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Is there a printed recipe?
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I’m old and I say thank you, I’m 83….lol I love these
Can you show all ingredients and amounts of each?. This would make following along & shopping much easier.
Hello Rita! We always make sure to include the recipe (with ingredients and amounts) underneath the video in the video's description. All you have to do is click "show more." Here is the link to the recipe for these gif cookies - happy baking!
www.allrecipes.com/recipe/8313930/italian-fig-cookies-cuccidati/
I was told the fig cookies are cut that way to resemble the fig branch.
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Apron...you bake like an angel, but "true Italian fashion," when making food, remove your rings, wear an apron - and a hair-net!! 🤣LOL! Thank you for this delicious cookie recipe. You made it look so easy! Can you show us how to make "Italian Peaches"...gorgeous sandwich butter cookies that are shaped and colored like a peach🍑 often served at the famous, spectacular "wedding cookie tables" in Pittsburgh, PA. At weddings, huge, long table(s) are covered with an eye-popping array of different Italian cookies & sweets (i.e., torrone, baci, biscotti) The wedding guests are given a bag or box to take some home.Sweet!🥰 Please, could you or someone out there from Pittsburgh who knows about these "Wedding Cookie Tables", get those amazing cookie recipes together in one cookbook (w/lots of photos!) before that tradition dissappears? I'll buy at least 20 copies for 🎁s!! Che buono!!! 😘👌
I'm sending a bunce of "A Taste of Aloha" cookbooks to my family and cousins now on the mainland for Christmas this year!!!
Now you are cooking like me...forget some things but you figure it out
I'm sorry isn't it Buccarati? Rather than Cuccidati?
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Grammy"s cream cheese cookies but bakef so they are crisp not soft
Berliner kranz.🎅🏻🎄
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