Italian Holiday Cookies Recipe

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Many of our holiday traditions center around the foods my mother made while I was growing up. These cookies, which we called "Strufoli", bring back wonderful memories. —Sue Seymour, Valatie, New York

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Italian Holiday Cookies Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Cook: 15 min.

Yield: 90 Servings

20 15 35

Ingredients

1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Oil for deep-fat frying
1 cup honey
Candy sprinkles

Directions

In a bowl, combine sugar, lemon peel, vanilla and salt. Add eggs and 2 cups flour; mix well. Turn onto a floured surface and knead in remaining flour (dough will be soft). With a floured knife or scissors, cut into 20 pieces. With hands, roll each piece into pencil shapes. Cut "pencils" into 1/2-in. pieces. In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 350°. Fry pieces, a few at a time, for 2 minutes per side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Place in a large bowl. Heat honey to boiling; pour over cookies and mix well. With a slotted spoon, spoon onto a serving platter and slowly mound into a tree shape if desired. Decorate with candy sprinkles. Cool completely. Yield: about 15 dozen.

Originally published as Italian Holiday Cookies in Country Woman Christmas , p27

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Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2007 by luvbug14

i was so excited to find this recipe and can't wait to try it. My grandmother always made these at Christmas time and this recipe is a little me "exact" than her " a little of this" and a "pinch of that"! Hopefully this will give me great results!!)