- 3 cups All-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup Sugar
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ cup Dry white winewarmed
- ¼ cup Olive oilextra virgin
- Vegetable oilfor frying
- 1 Lemonfinely grated , zest of
For dusting:
- 2 tbsp Confectioners' sugar
- 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
Cartellata Cookies
Cartellata Cookies are deep-fried Italian cookies which are usually served around Christmas time, but I say why restrict yourself to only eating these delicious crispy cookies to one time of year? I tend to make these cookies for events when I’d like to serve a homemade treat with coffee.
The unusual thing about these cookies is the addition of white wine to the cookie dough! The wine not only adds flavor to the dough, it also prevents the cooking oil from foaming as you deep fry these cookies. These treats are so delicious sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar.
To make Cartellata Cookies, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Cartellata Cookies
1 | Mix dry ingredients | 2 |
Mix 3 cups of flour with ⅓ cup of sugar and ½ a teaspoon of salt in a large bowl. | ||
2 | Add wet ingredients | 3 |
Pour ½ a cup of wine and ¼ cup of olive oil into a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Gradually incorporate the dry ingredients until a dough forms. | ||
3 | Knead dough | 35 |
Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface. Knead lightly until smooth. Cut the dough into two pieces and flatten each one into the shape of a disk. Wrap both of the disks in plastic and allow the dough to rest for 30 minutes at room temperature. | ||
4 | Roll out dough | 5 |
Return the rested dough to the lightly floured work surface. Roll out one of the dough disks to a ⅛ inch thick 12-inch square. Cut the rolled out dough into ½ inch wide strips. | ||
5 | Form coils of dough | 5 |
Wrap each of the dough strips around itself into the shape of a loose coil. Transfer each of the coils to a baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining disk of dough. | ||
6 | Heat oil | 3 |
Heat at least 2 inches of oil in a saucepan to 300°F. Place a rack over a large baking sheet. | ||
7 | Fry cookies | 10 |
Fry cookies in batches, Start by frying 4 or 5 coils in the hot oil until browned and crisp, about 50 seconds. Repeat until all of the remaining coils are cooked. | ||
8 | Drain oil | 1 |
Transfer the fried cookies to the rack to drain. | ||
9 | Sprinkle with lemon zest, confectioners’ sugar and cinnamon | 2 |
Sprinkle the cookies with lemon zest and sift a mix of confectioners sugar and cinnamon over them. | ||
10 | Serve | |
Serve Italian style: warm with strong coffee. | ||
Recipe Reviews
Rainah, you can prepare the dough ahead 1-2 hours.
Can you prepare the dough ahead of time? I'm thinking fondue pot fun.... ???
Added brown sugar instead of white and it taste amazing, not too sweet but perfect for some tea.
Made these and they came out great! they look just like they do in the pictures.
Such a cool recipe, Cartellata cookies have been added to my favorite cookie list for sure! I'll be making these a lot :)
A little bit too crispy on my end, I think I'll stick with the Fresco sugar cookies but nonetheless enjoyable, just not my style.
I can't express how much I love these cookies, they are so simple to make. I added some homemade frosting instead of cinnamon and they are ABSOLUTELY perfect.
I loved these cookies super easy and fast to make.
My grandkids are obsessed with these! I let my youngest help with the dough and make it into little spirals, she had a lot of fun.Cartellata cookeis are perfect for some family time!
So yummy!! I added a bit more cinnamon to mine because I love the taste, these are really good!
Delicious, if I could rate these cookies from 10 they'd be an 11!
These cookies are literally, the BOMB! love the crunchy texture and flavour of them.
Way too dry..without a good cup of tea these aren't very enjoyable, I'll still give it 4 stars though just because it was so easy to make and they don't taste bad.
I liked the idea but it just doesn't give me the cookie feeling that I crave.Though the Cartellata isn't bad or anything, I just prefer the Cardamom German cookies instead.
The spiral design is really unique, I've never seen cookies made in this shape, love the idea and the taste, thanks!
Well done! Verified!
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