Cookie Recipes Made with Love – From Italian Classics to Family Favorites
Welcome! This is your go-to spot for homemade cookie recipes that warm the heart. You’ll find crisp Biscotti, chewy Amaretti, and festive treats for every season.
These recipes come from real kitchens and real traditions. Many have been passed down through generations. Each one brings just the right mix of sweetness, crunch, or chew.
Bake for the holidays, a party, or just because. Whatever the reason, these cookies bring smiles. They’re easy to make, full of flavor, and made to share.
Get ready to fill your kitchen with the smell of something amazing. Let’s bake!
Tetù (Totò) | Authentic Sicilian Chocolate Spice Cookies Recipe
Tetù – Sicilian Chocolate Spice Cookies Walk into a Sicilian kitchen in early November, and you’ll smell Tetù baking. These chocolate spice cookies fill the air with the scent of cocoa, cinnamon, and warm nostalgia. They’re soft, rich, and lightly spiced, the kind of cookie that feels like a hug in every bite. The Story Behind Tetù In Sicily, Tetù…
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Fruit & Nut Biscotti | Italian Christmas Biscotti
Authentic Fruit and Nut Biscotti – Crunchy Italian Christmas Cookies The first time you bake Fruit & Nut Biscotti, something changes in the air. It’s not just the smell though the blend of roasted almonds, sweet fruit, and orange zest could make even a quiet kitchen feel alive. These cookies belong to Christmas, not the rushed, glittering kind, but the…
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Bocconotto | Traditional Italian Pastry with Chocolate and Almonds
Authentic Bocconotto Recipe In Italy, every region tells a story through its sweets, and Bocconotto is one of the most charming. Born in the heart of southern Italy, this small, delicate tart carries centuries of tradition. It reflects creativity, trade, and an endless love for indulgence. The name bocconotto comes from boccone, meaning “a bite.” That’s exactly what it is…
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Bussolai di Burano Recipe | Traditional Venetian Buranelli Cookies
Buranelli Cookies Recipe (Bussolai di Burano) If you’ve ever wandered through the narrow streets of Venice, the scent of butter and sugar might have led you to something special, golden rings of crisp sweetness called Buranelli cookies. These humble treats may look simple, but they carry the soul of an island and the love of generations of bakers. Buranelli also…
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Piparelli | Sicily’s Toasted Almond Treasure
Authentic Sicilian Piparelli Recipe | Crunchy Almond Honey Cookies In Sicily, tradition smells like roasted almonds and warm honey. Piparelli capture that spirit perfectly. Crunchy, golden, and full of rustic charm, these biscotti have lived in Sicilian kitchens for generations. Around Messina and Catania, every family has its own version, and each one tells a story. Over the centuries, Sicily…
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Authentic Italian Lemon Ricotta Cookies
Lemon Ricotta Cookies: Sunshine from the Italian Kitchen There’s something beautifully simple about Lemon Ricotta Cookies. They don’t need fancy ingredients or decoration to shine. Soft, tender, and full of bright lemon flavor, these cookies bring the feeling of a warm Italian afternoon where the air smells of sugar, zest, and love. Lemon Ricotta Cookies originated in southern Italy, where…
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Biscotti al Limone (Soft Lemon Cookies)
Sunshine in Every Bite Picture this: you take a bite of a soft, tender cookie, and there it is just the right whisper of lemon. It’s bright, fragrant, and honestly, a bit magical. That’s what Biscotti al Limone is all about. Now, don’t get it twisted; these aren’t the crunchy biscotti you dip in your coffee. Nope! These are soft…
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Italian Almond Ricotta Cookies
Almond Ricotta Cookies – Perfect for Holidays or Every Day I enjoy making these delicious Italian Almond Ricotta Cookies because they’re incredibly soft, bursting with almond flavor, and so easy to whip up! This simple almond ricotta cookie recipe combines creamy ricotta cheese with a touch of almond extract to create a light, bakery-style treat that melts in your mouth….
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Genovesi Ericine Sicilian Cookies
Authentic Sicilian Genovesi Pastries Erice, a medieval hilltop town in western Sicily, feels like a place out of time. Stone alleys twist between ancient buildings. The sea sparkles far below. But beyond the views and the history, Erice hides something sweeter: Genovesi Ericine. These golden, half-moon pastries look simple. A dusting of powdered sugar. A soft, buttery shell. But one…
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Brutti ma Buoni: Italy’s “Ugly but Good” Cookies”
Brutti ma buoni: Traditional Italian Meringue Cookies Brutti ma Buoni means “ugly but good” in Italian. These rustic, nutty meringue cookies come from Northern Italy. Most believe they were first made in Gavirate, Lombardy, in the late 1800s. Pastry chef Costantino Veniani created the original recipe. They’re made with just a few ingredients, whipped egg whites, sugar, and toasted hazelnuts…
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