Italian fried cookies

These Italian bow tie cookies are as light as angel wings and taste heavenly, especially with a dusting of powdered sugar! Beautiful pastries!

"Many of our holiday traditions centre 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

Sicilian Pignolata-Italian Honey Balls are fried balls of dough dipped in honey and topped with sprinkles. Made in Italy during the carnevale and also the holidays.

Easy recipe for Scandinavian Rosettes. Thin, cookie-like, deep-fried pastry treats are light and crispy. Perfect on your holiday cookie tray.

Cooking Italians - Discover the authentic flavors of Southern Italy with Cartellate, a traditional Apulian dessert perfect for the holidays. These delicate, crisp pastries

A crispy traditional Christmas dessert from Apulia, this cartellate recipe is made with few delicious ingredients. Learn the history and the recipe!

Italian struffoli are small fried dough balls covered in a sweet, sticky honey mixture. Learn how to make this decadent dessert just the way my Nonna did and impress everyone you serve it to!

If you love experimenting, these unique Italian cookies are sure to ignite your passion. Discover different types of Italian cookies, perfect for any Italian-themed celebration. Click and save to add these recipes to your baking list!

Elda & Alessandra on Instagram: "Get this recipe in Nonna Elda's Italian Christmas "Feast of the 7 Fishes" Cookbook and get it in time to have yourself a very Italian Christmas! These deep fried Christmas cookies are traditional all over Italy, but every region has a different name. We call them Chiacciere which means "talk" or "gossip" but your family might know them as Crostoli, Cencie, bugie, frappe, galani, maraviglias, sfrappole. All of these names refer to this crispy cookie made in…

Take a break from baking and fry up this old-school Italian dessert instead.