BEFANA STOCKING COOKIES, a very simple recipe, perfect sweets for breakfast or snack, also great to put in the stocking on Epiphany day.
If I had some free time, one thing was certain: making cookies for the Befana stocking. These are those homemade sweets that smell of Epiphany, simple, genuine, and perfect for both breakfast and snack, but especially to tuck into the Befana stocking along with some candy. The classic Befana cookies that everyone loves, both adults and children.
The befana stocking cookies are really easy to make, nothing complicated. The base is an orange shortcrust pastry, fragrant and soft, ideal for homemade cookies. I didn’t even have cookie cutters, so I cut them by hand, but the beauty of these Epiphany cookies is just that: they turn out well anyway. Confirmed by my daughter, who literally devoured them.
With few ingredients, you prepare simple cookies for the Befana, then you can have fun decorating them. I dip them in melted chocolate and finish with chocolate sprinkles, pistachio crumbs, or chopped hazelnuts. Perfect as sweets for the stocking, as cookies for children, but also to serve on Epiphany days.
Join me in the kitchen today, there are befana stocking cookies.
Published
January 2, 2019, 22:37
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 6-8
- Cooking methods: Oven, Air Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Epiphany
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour (the one you usually use)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- orange zest
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup chocolate
- chocolate sprinkles
Steps
Pour the sifted flour with the baking powder onto a pastry board or into the food processor.
Make a well in the center and add the sugar, grated orange zest, butter cut into pieces, and then the egg.
Then work the ingredients, if necessary add a little milk or flour if it’s too soft.
Then wrap the dough in cling film and let it rest for half an hour in the fridge, it would be better overnight if you have time.
Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie and set aside.
After the time has passed, take the dough and roll it out on a floured pastry board.
If you have stocking-shaped cutters it’s faster, I made them freehand, I cut the shortcrust with a knife into the shape of a stocking about 2.75 inches, and from that, I made the other cookies.
Place them on the baking tray lined with paper and bake at 356°F for about 15 minutes, they should lightly golden.
Then remove them from the oven, let them cool slightly, and start covering the cookies with the melted chocolate only halfway, as in the photo.
Then arrange them on a plate and decorate with chocolate sprinkles.
Let them air dry and the befana stocking cookies are ready.
Bon appétit
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BEFANA STOCKING COOKIES
Useful tips
Use a soft shortcrust pastry for crumbly cookies
Perfume the dough with orange zest or lemon
Great to prepare in advance for the Befana stocking
Decorate them with chocolate to make them even more delicious
They keep well for several days
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FAQ BEFANA STOCKING COOKIES
What cookies to put in the Befana stocking?
Homemade cookies are perfect: simple, genuine, and customizable.
Are these cookies suitable for children?
Absolutely yes! They are perfect, obviously always considering any allergies.
Are cookie cutters needed to make the befana stocking cookies?
No, I made them freehand, just make a drawing on paper first and transfer it to the pastry step by step, it just takes a little patience, I made them without the design.
Can I prepare them in advance?
Absolutely yes! A few days before and they keep in a tin box.
