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Easy Taralli Dolci Recipe

Melissa
Enjoy these sweet, crunchy Italian ring cookies AKA Taralli Dolci. These are classic Northern Italian tea cookies that are perfect for sharing any time of day.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dessert, entertaining, holidays, Snack
Cuisine Italian
Servings 30 cookies
Calories 122 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 3 ¾ cups all purpose flour
  • ½ cup plus 3 tablespoon unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup Milk
  • 2 Large eggs
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon Honey
  • ¼ teaspoon Orange zest
  • ¼ teaspoon Lemon zest
  • ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt

Egg wash

  • 1 Large Egg beaten

Topping

  • 4 tablespoon Finely ground almonds

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 325°F.
  • Using electric mixer, cream the butter, sugar and honey until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
    ½ cup plus 3 tablespoon unsalted butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon Honey
  • Add the eggs and mix well.
    2 Large eggs
  • Add the milk, vanilla, orange and lemon zest and mix well.
    ½ cup Milk, ¼ teaspoon Orange zest, ¼ teaspoon Lemon zest, 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
  • Add dry ingredients and mix well.
    3 ¾ cups all purpose flour, 2 teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
  • Divide dough in half and refrigerate half while you work with the other half.
  • Grab a heaping tablespoon of cookie dough and roll into a ball then roll into a log shape about 6 inches long.
  • Bring the two ends of the log together by overlapping one end over the other and gently pressing the ends together to form a ring .
  • Place on a lined baking sheet.
  • Repeat this process until you rolled all of your dough into ring shapes and place the cookies about 1 inch apart on the baking sheet.
  • Brush the tops of the cookies with the egg wash then sprinkle the crushed almonds over that.
    1 Large Egg, 4 tablespoon Finely ground almonds
  • Bake until cookies turn lightly brown 20 minutes.
  • Once they are done, remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack.
  • Let cookies cool completely then using a toothpick or something similar, clean out the middle of the rings if they have almonds in it.

Nutrition

Calories: 122kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 2gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 56mgPotassium: 31mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 125IUVitamin C: 0.05mgCalcium: 27mgIron: 1mg
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