It’s almost Christmas and I know a lot of you guys are looking for the perfect cookie recipe…look no further! These little Whipped Shortbread Christmas Cookies will make the perfect homemade gift — they’re super pretty and fun to bake!
In Italian we call them “biscotti da tè” (tea cookies) because their luxurious melt-in-your-mouth texture really make them the perfect companion to a nice warm cup of tea. They’re made of whipped shortbread (frolla montata) which has pretty much the same ingredients as regular shortbread, but it’s worked in a different way. The butter must be very soft and you will need to whip it with an electric mixer, together with the sugar and the eggs.
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If you’re still trying to figure out what dessert to make for Christmas, you should consider these delicious mini-panettone muffins. Not only are they easy and quick to make, they’re also super cute!
For those who haven’t experienced torrone before, you are in for a treat.Torrone is SUPER yummy and definitely one of the most traditional Christmas treats in Italy. It wouldn’t feel like Christmas, if we didn’t finish dinner cutting a big bar of torrone into small pieces so the whole family could enjoy it. When I was a kid, I regularly found a bunch of delicious little torrone bars (torroncini) in my Christmas stocking along with chocolate coins wrapped in golden foil and a pack of cigarette-shaped chocolate candies (…so wrong, I know).
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Pepparkakor aren’t “very EATalian“, I know…BUT they’re cookies I 
