Best Scalidi Cookies Recipes

Scalidi Cookies image

Provided by ludowise1

Categories Dessert

Time 1h8m

Yield 36-48 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 10

12 eggs (11 will just have yolks used)
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons melted butter, cooled
1 tablespoon vanilla flavoring
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch salt
flour, as needed
vegetable oil, for covering dough surface
quality oil (for frying)
honey, for boiling

Steps:

Melt butter, allow to cool to room temperature. Allow eggs to warm to room temperature. Separate yolks from 11 eggs, keep 12th egg whole. Have deep fryer available.
Beat yolks and whole egg in electric mixer.
until thick and lemon colored (about 25 minutes). Slowly add sugar and salt after eggs have been beating for 15 minutes. When eggs are thickened, add cooled butter. Mix baking powder with a 1 tablespoons flour, add to egg mixture. Continue adding flour a little at a time until you form medium-firm dough. Knead dough until it is smooth. Oil surface of dough, cover and let rest for 1/2 hour. Hand roll chunks of rested dough into 1/4 inch thickness rope-like lengths. Cut rolled dough lengths into 6 inch long pieces. Loop pieces into pretzel-like shapes. Fry in deep fat until golden brown. When cool, dip one at a time into boiling honey to glaze. Allow to cool on rack with paper towel under rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 33.8, Fat 2.3, SaturatedFat 0.9, Cholesterol 72.2, Sodium 42.3, Carbohydrate 0.9, Sugar 0.8, Protein 2.1

Italian Christmas Cookies image

Provided by Kimschmee

Time 20m

Yield 2 dozen cookies, 24 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

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

Steps:

Firstly, sift the flour and baking powder together into a bowl.
Then, in a larger bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and add vanilla, then pour the dry ingredients into the wet and mix.
Knead and add 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 at 375 for 10 minutes.
Combine the next 3 ingredients until creamy.
Dip cookies into icing and sprinkle with trim. Place on wire rack with wax paper on counter to collect the dripping icing and sprinkles.