Learning to bake Cuccidata today!- update - someone gave me a FABULOUS recipe!

Fig newtons are like the minimalist, starving version of cuccidata.


the fig filling has Cointreau and pecans for me.... recipe is from an acquaintance who said:


this is hard.

my sister makes the best filling


my friend makes the best cookie dough


I will have to get the recipes from them both......

Last Edited by beeches on 04/13/2022 06:45 AM

Cookies Good for Easter!

I've never heard of these. I hope you post updates on it later! We love fig cookies around here.

did you use jelly beans for the eyes and nose of the lamb cake?

coconut for the fleece?

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Oh muh goodness!!! Me wants this recipe soooo badly:) Is it a secret special recipe or one you will share?! I’m a East Tennessee gal too, btw!

That sounds soooo good, good luck!

Sounds disgusting.


Hope they turn out great for you!

Beeches! How did they turn out? Will you share the recipe if you are happy with it?

Please oh, please!!!??

Fauxy Cake?
Why not?
Happy Easter, OP.

This recipe is EASY

filling - 3 ingredients

2 or 3 bags of California Mission Dried Figs

a couple handfuls of nuts -(walnuts or such, used pecans)

Cointreau as needed to make it a paste.


Pulse in food processor and set aside til needed. Keeps for several days.


I used 2 seven-ounce bags of the figs.... want to try my own chocolate-based filling for the rest of the dough

Last Edited by beeches on 04/15/2022 06:33 AM

The cookie pastry - EASY

5 cups flour ( I mix almond and rice, but you can use your go-to flour)

1 cup sugar

5 tsp baking powder

1 cup butter - (that's 2 sticks)

4 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

one half cup milk


mix dry ingredients and add to base. Milk last. Dough should be easy to roll out.


follow the directions in the vid on how to form them. It was EASY.

and the taste is very good indeed!


when cooled, the glaze

2 lemons' juice

three cups confectioners' sugar

sprinkles!

Last Edited by beeches on 04/15/2022 06:38 AM

Here it is! I made them gluten free, but if you use regular flour let me know how they turn out. Probably a touch lighter in consistency.

this is a GEM of a recipe from the Italian woman at the place I go for PT.

from Chicago area she is, new to the area. We talked about the lack of Little Italy type places in East Tennessee, and she said

I miss cuccidata most of all..... so I said if you get a recipe I will make them.

dropping them off later today.

That DOES sound good!!

I'll go to the store in a bit to get the figs and cointreau. I have everthing else.

We both love figs here, but I can't find the 2 recipes I had that I liked. One was a brownie and the other a drop cookie. We made them at the home I worked dietary many years ago.

I planted 3 fig trees this spring. Sounds like a nice use for them.

Pizzelles? Bleh. Never cared for licorice and they look like cookies that someone stepped on with running shoes. LOL

sorry to remove the cicada meal post - too yucky though

I once used a hamantaschen recipe with a fig filling. Turned out great. Thanks for reminding me.

Nice!

I'm a looking to punish myself by taking on French Macarons.