21 Best Italian Cookie Recipes

Italy is the land of mouthwatering cuisine.

The birthplace of pizza is also famous for its pasta, but did you know that Italian cookies are equally delicious as their savory delights?.

To give you a taste of authentic Italian cookie recipes, we have rounded up some of the best Italian cookie recipes on the internet.

Here, you'll find classics like chocolate chip cookies and cookies specially made in Italy, like the Pignoli cookies and the holiday ricotta cookies.

All of these classic Italian cookies are to die for! Make them once, and you'll be forced to make them again!

So, this summer, get busy baking our easy cookie recipes!

Top Italian Cookie Recipes You'll Love

21. Chocolate Peppermint Kiss Cookies

It’s a perfect recipe to make during the holiday time when everyone is distributing Christmas cookies. You can try making these and you won't regret, filled with peppermint kisses.

The ingredients that you need for making this recipe are flour, baking powder, salt, , sugar, egg, vanilla, kisses.

• Calories: 122kcal
• Carbohydrates: 19g
• Protein: 2g
• Fat: 5g

20. Italian Pignoli Cookies

To all my celiac fellows this is a perfect cookie. It contains almond paste and almond flour mix along with egg white, sugar , butter, pine nuts.

Now it can be a bit heavy on your pockets but trust me when you try this, you will definitely going to love it.

• Calories: 185KCAL
• Carbohydrates: 20G
• Proteins: 3G
• Fat: 11G

19. Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies

You require chocolate chips, butter, powder sugar, flour, vanilla essence. Mix all the ingredients mindfully, till they turn into a perfect batter. Create them into small round balls after baking rolling them into powder sugar will give extra snowy look.

18. Dried Fruit Cookies

As the name suggest, will be using dry fruits in this recipe. You can use any dry fruit of your choice like figs, raisins, dried blue berries, cranberries.

The batter making will take around 30 minutes or so. Once they are done you need to give them at least 30 minutes till you can enjoy.

• Calories: 170kcal
• Carbohydrates: 21g
• Protein: 1g
• Fat: 9g

17. Kolaczki (Polish Cookies)

If you want to experience jelly, gooey experience in your taste buds. Cookies offering jam filled flavor.

The jam can be chosen any based on your choice like strawberry, blue berry, etc. All you require is just 4 ingredients that butter, sugar, flour, egg.

16. HOLIDAY ITALIAN RICOTTA COOKIES

These are the cookies that taste like cake. So you can imagine having small mini cakes in your mouth.

A unique ingredient for balancing out the sugar is will be using kosher salt, along with butter, sugar, and for bringing a bit tangy flavor

15. Pignoli Cookies (with or without almond paste)

Pignoli are type of pine nuts. The area where they originated from known as “amoretti”.

These are type of cookies which can be created out paleo friendly depending upon your preference.

Created out with using 4 ingredients or 5 with addition of salt. You can opt for store bought almond mixture.

14. Linzer Cookies

These cookies are bakers innovation from the idea of linzer tart. These are soft and fluffy cookies filled with raspberry jam.

The ingredients comprise of almond flour, all purpose flour, salt, baking powder, egg, vanilla essence, sugar, and almond extract to get that extra flavor.

13. The Best Italian Lemon Pizzelle Cookie Recipe

Lemon flavor within it makes it stand out and another unique ingredient that we have used here is lemon curd.

For preparation you need eggs, sugar, butter, lemon zest, lemon curd, all purpose flavor. Its not a cheap recipe that means you require additional equipment.

12. Mincemeat Cookies

Include chunks of dark chocolate and cinnamon which needs to be included during our dough preparation.

Our ingredients include granulated sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla essence, all purpose flour, dark chocolate, cinnamon, mince meat. Mixing them all together into a soft texture of cookie dough than baking it on the appropriate temperature.

11. Gluten-Free Italian Anise Cookies (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

Since they are gluten free they are perfect for my folks facing celiac issue.

 It include anise extract, egg replace, sugar, butter, gluten free flour, vanilla essence. Mix these all ingredients well enough than you can ready to enjoy it.

10. Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

These are easy to make 5 ingredient cookies, all you require is sugar, butter, eggs, all purpose flour, salt.

First mix the dry ingredients after which you can use sugar, butter mindfully. Once the batter is done make the frosting that needed to be filled within.

9. Italian Cookies

The Italian cookies are simple and easy to make cookies containing butter, sugar, vanilla essence, eggs, almond flour, all purpose flour.

All ingredients are mix well and will combine our liquid ingredients as well hand in hand.

8. Italian Ricotta Cookies

These are soft, sweet with a bit of tangy, easy to make Italian cookies.  These are simple cookies with a little addition of ricotta cheese in them.

It require sugar, butter, orange zest, vanilla essence, ricotta cheese, eggs, baking powder. Mix the dry ingredients before than add liquid ingredients.

7. Pignoli Cookies Recipe

When you go for store bought they are expensive since pine nuts and almond paste are some expensive stuff.

So to make its pocket friendly option, you can create them in home all you require is baking powder, butter, sugar and egg to be combine.

6. CLASSIC ANISE PIZZELLE - THE BEST PIZZELLES

Ingredients require butter, sugar, all purpose flour, anise oil and extract, eggs, salt. Well if you are using anise oil should be careful enough while adding it.

Since anise oil is strong so you need to use half teaspoon of it.

5. TIRAMISU COOKIES

These cookies require chunks of dark chocolate, coffee which will add chunks in the flavor. As for the ingredients we require sugar, mascarpone .

Mascarpone, cheese, sugar, cocoa powder, dark chocolate, coffee, butter, egg, salt.

4. Italian Chocolate Cookies

Addition of espresso is another bonus point which enhances the flavor a bit further.

All you need is sugar, butter, salt, granulated sugar, yogurt, milk, cocoa powder, large eggs, cinnamon, baking powder.  

3. Chocolate Amaretti Cookies

These are classical Italian cookies. You will be requiring almond, sugar, butter and chocolate chunks along with espresso to give the flavor a bit boost.

They are also dairy free, this recipe demands only egg whites so we won't be using yolks into this.

2. CHEWY MOLASSES CRINKLE COOKIES

It should not  have to dark, or black strap molasses. Light molasses is the perfect deal to be try out.

In addition we need unsalted butter, all purpose flour, Baking powder & baking soda, cinnamon, ground ginger, nut meg and cloves, egg and granulated sugar.

1. CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCOTTI

Interesting history these cookies owned.

For its preparation we require all purpose flour, baking powder, kosher salt, unsalted butter, white sugar, vanilla essence, eggs and chocolate chips.

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