BEFANINI EPIPHANY COOKIES, typical sweets of the Christmas period, prepared in Italy for the Epiphany celebration, soft and lemon-scented for breakfast or snack.

The befanini are made with simple and genuine ingredients to achieve fragrant and tasty Epiphany cookies with flour, sugar, eggs, and butter, and decorated with powdered sugar and colorful sprinkles.

If you are looking for a recipe to prepare delicious and enticing befanini, this is the one for you. The final result will be a tray of crunchy and fragrant befanini, perfect for a delicious snack.

By following the steps, you can make perfect cookies for your Epiphany celebration.

Join me in the kitchen today; we have the befanini Epiphany cookies

Difficulty: Very easy
Cost: Very cheap
Rest time: 30 Minutes
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 10-12
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Winter

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup butter
1 egg
1 lemon zest
1/4 cup butter

Steps

Prepare the shortcrust pastry, pour the flour onto the pastry board or into the processor, add a pinch of salt, make a well in the center, and place the sugar, egg, lemon zest, and softened butter.
Quickly knead the ingredients, make a ball, and let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
After the time, take the dough, roll it out on the floured surface, cut it with star, comet-shaped, or preferred molds.
Place them on the baking sheet lined with paper, add the colorful sprinkles, bake and cook in the preheated oven at 350°F for about 15 minutes.
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Great with lemon, but you can also flavor them with orange zest or both citrus fruits, but if you don’t like them, vanilla or a pinch of cinnamon is perfect.

For the dough, lard or oil is perfect if you don’t like butter.