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Does anyone have a recipe for "Christmas Roses"?

This is an Italian cookie made by spreading the nuts and raisins, cinnamon and sugar, in a statement dough with olive oil and orange peel. Cut into strips. The strips are folded and rolled. After being sprayed baking with honey. I lost the recipe of dough was made with four eggs, flour, sugar, shortening, etc.

Sound familiar? Cucidati II "This takes some time to prepare, but well worth the work. I looked for this recipe years my father-in-law. After many attempts, I found that reminded him of Grandma Christmas "Cookies" him. "Original recipe yield: 5 dozen. Preparation time: 1 hour Cooking time: 20 In MinutesReady: 1 Hour 30 MinutesServings: 60 (change) INGREDIENTS: 1 pound dried figs 1 cup raisins 2 1 / 2 teaspoons orange zest 1 / 2 pound chopped nuts 1 cup honey 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips, cup orange marmalade 1 2 1 / 2 cups sifted flour, all purpose 1 / 2 cup white sugar 2 1 / 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 / 2 cup shortening 2 eggs, beaten 1 / 4 cup milk 1 / 2 tsp vanilla extract ———————— —— —— ——————————————– DIRECTIONS: Grind figs, raisins, orange zest and walnuts in a food processor, blender or food mill. If mixture is too thick, a couple of tablespoons of water can be added. Gradually mix the honey, cinnamon, chocolate chips and orange marmalade. Set aside. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease two baking trays. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and baking powder. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add eggs, milk and vanilla until the mixture can be gathered into a ball. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface, and implementation of 1 / 4 inch thick. Cut the dough into strips that are 4 inches wide. Spread filling on one half of each strip lengthwise. Fold dough over to cover and seal the edges by pressing on them with the tines of a fork. Cut the strips full cross at an angle approximately every two or three centimeters. This will make the diamond shapes. Place cookies on baking sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden. Remove baking sheet to cool on wire racks. Glaze pastry with your favorite 'enamel and top party granules added.

Holiday Cooking: Sicilian Fig Cookies – Part I