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1. Italian Lemon Cookies (Growing Up Gabel): These otherworldly lemon cookies are frosted and covered in sprinkles. Such a scrumptious and irresistible Italian cookie!
2. Wine Cookies – Ciambelle al Vino (An Italian In My Kitchen): Light and crunchy Italian cookies made with wine! Can’t beat that, right?
3. Florentine Cookies (Culinary Ginger): Lace cookies made from chopped almonds, orange, and vanilla with a chocolate filling.
4. Pizzelle (Williams Sonoma): You’ll need a pizzelle maker to bake these Italian cookies. These pizzelle are thin and crispy and flavored with a little lemon and vanilla.
5. Amaretto Tricolor Cookies (Karen’s Kitchen Stories): Also known as Neapolitan cookies or Italian Rainbow Cookies. The most common version is red, white, and green to represent the colors of the Italian flag, but check out this version with Amaretto.
6. Cannoli Cookies (Snappy Gourmet): Not a very authentic Italian cookie, but a fun twist on the cannoli. Full of flavor, including ricotta cheese, orange, pistachios, and chocolate chips.
7. Mom’s Italian ‘S’ Cookies (The Lazy Italian): This southern Italian recipe can be served as a morning bite or dessert with espresso.
8. Italian Anise Cookies (Antonella Bonesse): Here is a pretty classic selection to add to your holiday cookie platter. You can get your children or grandchildren involved in the decorating process and even try out different colored glazes, sprinkles and cookie shapes. The addition of anise extract adds that little something extra that traditional sugar cookies don’t have.
9. Glazed Pumpkin Ricotta Cookies (The Lazy Italian): These glazed pumpkin ricotta cookies are a combination of the classic Italian ricotta cookies combined with pumpkin to get them in the autumn spirit. They are incredibly easy to prepare, super soft, with almost a cake-like consistency, and the perfect treat for this time of year.
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