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Cucidati: Sicilian Fig-Filled Cookies ("X" Cookies)
Ingredients
  • subheading: PASTA FROLLA:
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour (spoon flour into dry-measure cup and level off)
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cold and cut into 16 pieces
  • 4 large eggs
  • subheading: FIG FILLING:
  • One 12-ounce package Calimyrna figs, stemmed and diced
  • ¼ cup dark or golden raisins
  • ¼ cup candied orange peel, coarsely chopped
  • ¼ cup blanched almonds, toasted and coarsely chopped
  • ¼ cup pine nuts, toasted
  • 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
  • ¼ cup apricot preserves
  • ¼ cup dark rum
  • 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • Egg wash:  1 large egg well beaten with a pinch of salt
  • Multicolored nonpareils for finishing
  • 3 cookie sheets or jellyroll pans covered with parchment or foil
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