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Dave

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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 

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Smungung

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

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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/
Iowafig

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Fantastic Dave thanks for sharing! Next year I will have actual figs to make some with... Hopefully :)
figpig_66

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You still picking dave ? Not fair. Lol.

BrightGreenNurse

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Those cookies are beautiful! What a sweet wife you have!
vito12831

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

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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
Allora

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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!
Dave

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

[QUOTE=vito12831]Hi Dave. They look delicious! Enjoy. I make mine every Christmas. Is your wife Sicilian? Happy new year. Vito[/QUOTE]
Dave

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besides the shape they look pretty similar 

[QUOTE=dominic]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[/QUOTE]
musillid

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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!
Esteban_McFig

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Yum. I recommend you keep that wife
JustFigs

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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

Sicilian Spiced Fig Cookies (Cucidati)

No one seems to agree about exactly what—besides figs—goes into the filling for these classic Sicilian cookies, known as cucidati. 

Kolachy Dough (I prefer)

Ingredients
16 oz. cream cheese
16 oz. (4 sticks) butter
20 oz. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup sugar

Fig Filling
24 oz Mission Figs (chopped in half stems removed)
15 oz box Golden Raisins
4 jars of Fig Jam (Tree's of Joy)
1 cup Honey
2 cups Walnuts Chopped
2 cups semisweet Chocolate Chips or ground chocolate
2 cups Myers Dark Rum
2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Cloves
2 Orange Zest (or chopped candied orange peel)

Mix filling together and let it sit 2 or more days in fridge to absorb flavors.
Roll dough out into large rectangle and make a roll with filling inside.
Seal edges with dough and cut cookies using a bench knife.
Space apart and bake the cookies at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.
After they cool I like to dust with powdered Sugar.

 
Dave

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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 
Smyfigs

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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!
Smyfigs

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

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Meg you wont be sorry becareful though they are addicting 

[QUOTE=Smyfigs]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![/QUOTE]
joann1536

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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...?
Dave

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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 ?