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The compliments are well worth making these Sicilian cookies—they're the best recipe I've found! —Carolyn Fafinski, Dunkirk, New York

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Cuccidati Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 60 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

2 cups raisins
3/4 pound pitted dates
3/4 cup sugar
2 small navel oranges, peeled and quartered
1/3 pound dried figs
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup water
DOUGH:
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup 2% milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
GLAZE:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons 2% milk

Directions

Place the first seven ingredients in a food processor; cover and process until finely chopped. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Divide dough into four portions; cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Roll out each portion between two sheets of waxed paper into a 16-in. x 6-in. rectangle. Spread 1 cup filling lengthwise down the center of each. Starting at a long side, fold dough over filling; fold the other side over the top. Pinch seams and edges to seal. Cut each rectangle diagonally into 1-in strips. Place seam side down on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
Bake at 400° for 10-14 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Combine confectioners' sugar and enough milk to achieve desired consistency; drizzle over cookies. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 5 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 132 calories, 4 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 7 mg cholesterol, 67 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1/2 fruit, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Cuccidati in Taste of Home October/November 2010, p77

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Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2010 by nancianne. garofalo

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Community/Uncle-Barbato-s-Cuccidati

Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2010 by nancianne. garofalo

Here is my uncle's Cuccidati recipe: http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Community/Uncle-Barbato-s-Cuccidati Enjoy.

Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2010 by rnvc

Please send me your uncles recipe! rnvc@sbcglobal.net. ty Also do you have a recipe for pinulota/ It is a honey ball cookie and they are deep fried and stacked up. ty

Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2010 by lauralugviel

Haha, I am another one who wants your uncle's recipe also. Thanks for sharing. lauralugviel@yahoo.com

Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2010 by imdama

Nacianne, could you please email me your uncle's recipe? Thank you imdama@roadrunner.com

Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2010 by DeniseWysong

nancianne-I,too, would love to have your uncle's recipe. My contact is Denise11@kc.rr.com. Thank you!

Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2010 by ukiebelle

Could I also have your recipe? my e-mail is oherrman@earthlink.net

Thank you so much.

Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2010 by giovannarosa

Please post your uncles recipe. We all want it.

Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2010 by FrancesErickson