Very very big italian easter biscuit (scarcella). Scented with almond and anise, these Italian cookies are delicious and great fun to make. Scarcella is an Easter cake originary from Puglia. Italian Desserts Italian Dishes Italian Recipes Italian Cookies Easter Recipes Holiday Recipes That could be because I host it at my house and I love spending weeks leading up to the big day planning Sweet Italian Easter Bread is a traditional Italian Easter accompaniment.

Add the sugar and vanilla and beat until thick and light-colored. Add the oil and milk, beating well to combine. You can do Easter bunny, Easter dove or Easter basket (you can download and print some of the shapes using links below this recipes). You can have Very very big italian easter biscuit (scarcella) using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Very very big italian easter biscuit (scarcella)

Prepare 500 grams of flour.
Prepare 200 grams of sugar.
It's 200 grams of margarine.
You need 2 of eggs.
It's 3/4 tbsp of sodium bicarbonate.
You need 1 box of little comfits.

Once scarcelle are out of the oven let them cool lightly. Cover each not yet decorated scarcella with the glaze and color sprinkles. Photo "Scarcella, south italian pastry for Easter" can be used for personal and commercial purposes according to the conditions of the purchased Royalty-free license. Italian Easter Cookies are a tradition in almost every family.

Very very big italian easter biscuit (scarcella) instructions

Preheat oven to 180°C.
Mix all the ingredients but the comfits and let the mixture rest for 30 minutes.
Give the mixture the wshape you like the most and decorate it.
Cook for 30 minutes.

In the south of Italy, Calabrese families get together on Good Friday, to make their special. Our neighbor that was from Italy used to make us cookies like these for Easter and Christmas. Sadly she died without writing the recipe down. A traditional italian easter recipe, has a cake-like texture. I Bake them in one inch balls.