Soft Amaretti
Crackled almond cookies with a delicate crust and a chewy center.
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Ricciarelli
Orange-scented almond cookies inspired by the soft, snowy sweets of Siena.
20 cookies · 25 minutes hands-on
Sicilian Almond Paste Cookies
Piped almond rosettes finished with a cherry or a whole almond.
Pistachio Almond Cookies
Soft almond cookies with ground pistachios and a nutty green coating.
Hazelnut Amaretti
Chewy hazelnut and almond cookies with a lightly crackled sugar crust.
Cinnamon Susamielli
S-shaped Neapolitan-style honey and almond cookies with cinnamon-led pisto spices, adapted for a firm but yielding bite.
Neapolitan Roccocò
Rustic almond rings with citrus and pisto spices, made as a smaller, less-hard home interpretation of Neapolitan roccocò.
Florentine Almond Lace Cookies
Thin caramelized almond wafers with lacy edges and a dark-chocolate underside, a home Florentine-style variation.
Sbrisolona Cookie Bites
Small crumbly almond and fine-cornmeal clusters, a cookie-sized home adaptation of Mantua's sbrisolona.
Almond Ricotta Cookies
Soft ricotta cookies with almond flour and lightly toasted sliced-almond crowns, a home adaptation rather than almond paste biscuits.
Lemon Almond Amaretti
A home adaptation of lemon amaretti: small almond domes with fragrant zest, a cracked sugar shell and a chewy center.
Orange Almond Amaretti
Orange-scented almond rounds with a fine granulated-sugar crust, adapted for the home holiday tray.
Coffee Amaretti
Chewy almond domes flavored with instant espresso and finished with a delicate powdered-sugar crackle.
Coconut Amaretti
An almond-and-coconut home variation with softly rough domes, lightly toasted coconut edges and chewy centers.
Cherry Almond Thumbprints
Tender almond-butter cookies with small baked wells of cherry preserves, a home variation on Italian jam-filled butter cookies.
Ossi di Morto Almond Cookies
Long, narrow almond meringue cookies with a dry pale shell, made as an Italian-style home variation rather than Sicilian two-layer ossa dei morti.
Intorchiate Pugliese
Puglian-style short twisted wine cookies with three blanched almonds nestled in each twist and a sparkling sugar coating.
Almond Shortbread Crescents
Hand-shaped almond butter crescents with a tender short crumb and a thin snowy sugar finish.
Pistachio Shortbread Stars
Five-point nut shortbread stars with a natural muted pistachio tint and finely speckled crumb.
Hazelnut Shortbread Rounds
Small egg-free hazelnut shortbread discs sliced from a chilled log, with toasted-nut flavor and an uncoated face.
Almond Knot Cookies
Tender almond-scented dough knots with sliced almonds and a light sugar glaze, an Italian-style home adaptation.
Pistachio Meringue Kisses
Ivory pointed meringue kisses with fine pistachio flecks and a light nut sprinkle, an Italian-style home adaptation.
Almond Meringue Kisses
Star-piped crisp meringues with almond aroma and finely broken almond flakes on top, an Italian-style home variation.
Hazelnut Meringue Drops
Rounded spoonfuls of crisp hazelnut-speckled meringue, a light Italian-style home variation distinct from dense brutti ma buoni.
Walnut Amaretti
Chewy walnut-and-almond domes with a sparkling sugar surface and a small walnut piece on each, an amaretti-style home variation.
Cinnamon Amaretti
Soft almond cookies shaped into low oval pillows with a cinnamon-sugar crust, an Italian-style home variation.
Sicilian ’Nzuddi
Catania-style cinnamon and candied-orange cookies, gently flattened and finished with one whole almond each; an autumn specialty suitable for a winter assortment.
Sicilian Almond Quaresimali
Nut-dense Sicilian-style sliced almond bars made with egg whites and a little wheat flour, then dried on their cut faces; traditionally a Lenten cookie.
Fave dei Morti
Small almond-and-wheat cookies shaped like flattened beans with a central dent, associated with All Saints and All Souls traditions.
Pistachio Ricciarelli
Flattened pointed pistachio ovals with a snowy crackled sugar top and a tender green interior, an Italian-inspired ricciarelli variation.
Lemon Almond Butter Cookies
Italian-style butter-cookie squares with fine almond crumb, fresh lemon zest and a lightly sparkling sugar top.
Cinnamon Hazelnut Butter Cookies
Hand-shaped hazelnut butter ovals with cinnamon in the dough and a plain, finely speckled surface.
Almond Apricot Sandwich Cookies
Solid almond-butter discs paired around a thin apricot-jam layer, an Italian-style home sandwich cookie.
Lemon Coconut Amaretti
Italian-style lemon almond-paste mounds with fine coconut threads, tender centers and a lightly cracked snowy shell.
Orange Pistachio Thumbprints
Italian-style pistachio butter cookies with orange zest and shallow wells of glossy orange marmalade.