Authentic Italian Anginetti (also known as Italian wedding or Christmas cookies) are small and soft round cookies, often lemon, orange, anise, or almond flavored. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper an set aside. In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar with a hand mixer.
This traditional Italian Christmas cookie recipe is made with the most simple ingredients, in typical Italian fashion. Butter: Use softened butter cut into chunks, it makes it easier to cream it with the sugar. Flour: I use regular all-plain flour or Italian 00 flour. Eggs: go for medium-sized eggs.
Sharing is caring! Iced Italian cookies, lemon drops, lemon knots, wedding knots or anginetti, whatever your family calls them you’ll be sure to find these traditional Italian cookies at many special occasions and holiday cookie trays.
Almond butter and coconut oil melt together to bind these stovetop cookies without using any eggs. To take the flavor to the next level, try subbing in your favorite nut butter. Patti Anderson, a professional quilter, had never entered a cooking contest before she took our challenge.