The wife surprised me with a nice batch of cucidati fig cookies fresh out of the oven What a nice way to ring in the New Year 

 

Those look really good. Any recipie details by chance ; )

Here's the recipe she followed Matthew take a look how many ingredients go into making these LOL 
http://everybodylovesitalian.com/cucidati-italian-fig-cookies-delicious/

Fantastic Dave thanks for sharing! Next year I will have actual figs to make some with... Hopefully :)

You still picking dave ? Not fair. Lol.

Those cookies are beautiful! What a sweet wife you have!

Hi Dave.
They look delicious! Enjoy. I make mine every Christmas. Is your wife Sicilian?
Happy new year.
Vito

These remind me of a cookie called "Sammartini" or "Petrali", made in Reggio Calabria, Italy. We have them for Christmas.

http://www.greenme.it/mangiare/di-stagione/18676-dolci-natale-calabria-petrali

They look so good!! I haven't made them in a few years.  My aunt made trays of them for my sons' christening parties years ago.
Happy New Year!

Thanks Vito No she's Calabrese Happy new Year to you too! Dave

besides the shape they look pretty similar 

I had all the ingredients in the pantry for a batch at Christmas and it never got done. Maybe one wintry weekend will be the right opportunity. Enjoy!

Yum. I recommend you keep that wife

Hey guys. If it helps I included my recipe for spiced fig cookies using fig Jam from Tree's of Joy. 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203622782312227&set=a.1309043528276.2039294.1296217270&type=3&theater

Giacomo I just checked out your facebook page you have some great recipes on there I better not show it to my wife I'll be 800 lbs. by the time Spring comes 

Dave, what a nice surprise from your wife!  The cookies look absolutely delicious!  I will have to add this recipe to my fig recipe list :-D

Giacomo, I will check you FB page...I'm not on FB but I think I can scroll through without having an account, right?  Yum!

OMG, Giacomo!!  What a collection of recipes!  wow!  Okay, so I cannot see your recipes without signing up....:-/ disappointed.

Meg you wont be sorry becareful though they are addicting 

I made a batch of cuccidati for Christmas, too.  Actually being Abruzzese, I often make the caggiunitt, which are pretty similar but they are deep fried in olive oil.  I started making the cuccidati because they're baked and they actually keep better.  Why am I not surprised that so many of us made them...?

Deep fried thats interesting I've never heard of it but I asked the wife and she has maybe next year  Would you happen to have any pictures ?