With just one dough, you can prepare many different tozzetti: crunchy, fragrant, and perfect to enjoy or give as gifts. A simple, quick, and well-tested recipe even for beginners.
Homemade tozzetti, also known as cantucci, are rustic and crispy cookies, perfect to enjoy anytime. With a single dough, you can prepare tozzetti of various flavors, making everyone happy.
To make tozzetti, I use a family recipe, a very simple version you can prepare by hand mixing everything in a bowl with a spoon. You just need to divide the dough and then enrich it with different ingredients to get tozzetti of various flavors like those with apricots, orange, hazelnuts, or almonds.
Preparing homemade tozzetti is one of those gestures that smell of tradition and togetherness. With a single dough, you can create many different variations, perfect for serving during holidays or giving as gifts, just like the classic Christmas cookies that fill the house with fragrances and memories. Let yourself be enchanted by the Christmas atmosphere and try these recipes.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Inexpensive
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 30 Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients
Tozzetti or cantucci of various flavors with this dough, you’ll obtain various tastes
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- Half packet baking powder
- almonds
- hazelnuts
- walnuts
- dried apricots
- chocolate chips
Tools
You won’t need any special tools to make the tozzetti
- 1 Baking tray
Steps
How to prepare tozzetti or cantucci with a single dough
Prepare the dough: Place the flour in a mound on the work surface, add the eggs with the sugar, and start mixing, then add the rest of the ingredients except the dried fruits, knead well to form a nice dough ball, and let it rest in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
Shape and cut the cookies: After resting, divide the dough into 4 parts and roll it a bit, place the filling in the center, close it all up, and knead again. Now form long logs, place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes, but adjust with your oven as they should be golden.
Second baking: The double baking is the secret. Don’t rush; the first baking is only to cook the dough, and after cutting them, proceed with the second baking. If you’re wondering if it’s necessary, I say yes because it’s thanks to the second baking that they get the right soft and crunchy consistency, so after baking the logs, let them cool a bit, and then with a smooth-bladed knife, start cutting them obliquely about 1 cm thick. Put them back on the tray and bake for another 10 minutes. They should be nicely golden but not hard. Let them cool well before enjoying them.
If you love making homemade cookies during the Christmas season, on the blog you will also find many recipes for Christmas cookies, simple and fragrant, perfect to prepare along with the tozzetti and give as gifts.
Laura’s Tips
Cut the tozzetti while they are still warm so they won’t crumble
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Can I use oil instead of butter?
I have never tried making them with oil, but I think so
