Italian cookies

This are tea-cookies typical of the Italian tradition. I used to have them as a child with tea in the kitchen of my grandfather’s bakery. I make these seasonally, typically during Christmas time, occasionally throughout the year.

Flavours:

• Frollini: delicious Italian shortbread cookie

• Linzer cookies: Almond cookies with raspberry jam

• S shaped: buttery vanilla cookie

• Cat’s tongues

• Baci di Dama (Lady’s kisses): Almond & hazelnuts hald spheres, with chocolate in the middle

• Canestrelli: melt-in-mouth cookies with hints of lemon and vanilla

• Brutti ma buoni: Almond & hazelnuts flourless crispy cookies