Okay so every year for Christmas my girlfriend’s very Italian family gets together to make a ton of cookies for all of the households. This was my first year being included and the first time I got to try her aunt’s delicious cookies. The family calls them zoldons, but that’s obviously not their official name because nobody can find a recipe for them (her cousins have tried). My girlfriend’s great aunt knows the recipe and takes charge making them for the holidays, but I want these amazing lil delights year round. please help me find the correct name and recipe for these perfect treasures.
They are a plain dough that you roll out and cut into strips. then you cut a small center hole, twist them and ¿fry? them. powder sugar on top. I’ve included a picture so my hopes are up high. Please Reddit gods, smile down on me.
by SalineSexx
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Bro they look kinda like chiacchiere
Funny – I was just searching for the recipe the other day. They go by almost as many names as there are regions in Italy, and there are multiple variations in shape – my nonna made them as twists. Here’s one recipe https://www.insidetherustickitchen.com/cenci/. Try Cenci, bugie, chiacchiere for other recipes and shapes.
hiii, they’re pretty common in Chile. Idk if it’s the official name but we call them “calzones rotos”
Giovanna La Marca calls them Cenci di Carnevale, and has a YouTube video on how to make them.
Looks like a type of Chiacchiere or bugie: they can be larger, empty, or filled with different jams, or chocolate based creams.
Those look like chiacchiere or some variant of fried biscuit. There not soft inside, are they?
P.S. Don’t cheap out on the Marsala when you make your own! 😉