Italian Christmas Sweets

• The Panpepato is an ancient traditional recipe, with an intense, rich, spicy, and fragrant flavor. Every area and family has its own version of this ancient popular confectionery preparation.

  

• The Linzer torte (or Linz tart) is a soft and fragrant dessert from South Tyrol, which will captivate you with its flavor. A classic in Italian cuisine, ideal for winter holidays in the Austrian and Tyrolean tradition (Trentino Alto Adige).

  

• The Genoese Pandolce is a Christmas recipe from the Ligurian tradition. Today it is consumed all year round. A crumbly, fragrant cake rich in aromas, quick to prepare. A big shortbread cookie with a generous filling.

  

• The Zelten is a Christmas cake with dried fruit and candied fruit, typical of Trentino Alto Adige, of the Tyrolean and Südtirol tradition. Delicious! This is my family’s original recipe, passed down from generation to generation.

  

• The Simple Panettone, homemade without a mixer (planetary). The dough is made with oil, easy and quick to make. You just need to be patient for the long leavening times, which are important for making the big leavened product more digestible and soft.

  

• A homemade Pandoro cake, simple but with excellent results. Even without the classic mold, it is possible to obtain a soft and fragrant cake, perfect for serving during the holidays.

  

• The soft Venetian focaccia (Veneziana) is a big leavened product, a cross between Panettone and Pandoro. In Veneto, it is also called “fugassa” or “fugassin” and is mainly consumed at Easter and also at Christmas. It is a complex cake that requires long leavening.

  

• The braided milk dome is a simple-to-make big leavened product. Great as a sweet bread for Christmas breakfast and all holidays. Wonderful dipped in milk or tea. This preparation is without 00 flour, without sugar, with honey and type 1 flour.

  

• The buckwheat cookies are excellent rustic cookies to enjoy at breakfast or snack with tea or hot chocolate. Fun to prepare with children, entertaining and tasty.
  Spiced with all the aromas and filled with a berry jam, they show their best.

  

• The Kipferl cookies or vanilla crescents (Vanillekipferl) are a classic Tyrolean sweet (Südtirol), perhaps the most famous Austrian Christmas cookie.