Nonna Annita Fallone Apruzzese’s Cream Cheese Knot Cookies

Name: Nonna Annita Fallone Apruzzese’s Cream Cheese Knot Cookies (Biscotti con Formaggio Cremoso)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 3 cups (360 g) all-purpose or 00 flour; 3 cups (360 g) all-purpose or 00 flour; 1 tablespoon (15 ml) baking powder; 4 ounces (113 g) cream cheese, at room temperature; ½ cup (1 stick, or 120 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature; ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar; 2 large eggs; 1 packet (½ ounce, or 15 g) Italian vanilla powder or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 packet (½ ounce, or 15 g) Italian vanilla powder or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 cups (360 g) confectioners’ sugar; 3 tablespoons (45 ml) anisette liqueur or anise extract; 3 tablespoons (45 ml) anisette liqueur or anise extract; ¼ cup (60 ml) whole milk; Nonpareils, for decorating

Biscotti con Formaggio Cremoso

Preparation info

Yield: About
60
cookies

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Cooking with Nonna

By Rossella Rago

Published 2018

About

While these delectable little knot cookies aren’t an example of traditional Italian baking, they are highly addictive! All of Nonna Annita’s grandchildren look forward to the holiday season, when they help her make hundreds of cookies for her church group in Jersey City. The cookies themselves are lightly sweetened and flavored with a tiny bit of anise liqueur (she’s partial to Marie Brizard), which she also adds to the glaze for a little kick. It is the holiday season, aft

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Europe
Italy
Cookies
Vegetarian
Christmas

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