Italian cookie recipe?

Question

I have the recipe for a cookie callled Saviotti ( think thats how it spelled) having trouble shaping the cookies like they do in the bakery. have any hints?

Answer 1

I guess you mean Savoiardi, the cookies from Piedmonte.
Savoiardi are a Piedmontese specialty that resemble lady fingers, though they're about twice as thick. In addition to being eaten as is, they figure prominently in many desserts, including puddings and tiramisu.
To make them at home you'll need:

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup less 2 tablespoons potato starch
1 1/4 cups cake flour
4 eggs, separated
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon margarine
Powdered sugar

PREPARATION:
Preheat your oven to 375 F (185 C).

Sift a cup of the flour with the potato starch.

Grease a sheet of paper with the margarine and use it to line a cookie sheet, then dust the sheet with the remaining flour and discard what doesn't stick.

Whip the whites until stiff and incorporate half a cup of the sugar, then beat the yolks in another bowl with the remaining sugar. Fold the yolks into the whites, and then fold in the flour gradually with the aid of the sifter. Pour the batter into a pastry bag and pour it out into three inch strips on the cookie sheet, separating them by about an inch. Let the batter sit for one or two minutes, dust the cookies with powdered sugar, and bake them for about ten minutes. They should puff up, brown lightly, and be soft. Leave them on the sheet for five minutes after removing it from the oven, then put them on a rack. Put them in a tightly sealed container when they have cooled; they will be better the next day and will keep for a few weeks.

Answer 2

here is a recipe for Basic Italian Biscotti and they are not formed into anything crazy and they taste great.

INGREDIENTS
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 cup shortening
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
Sift flour and measure. Resift with sugar and baking powder onto a flat surface. Cut shortening into dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
Make a well in flour and break eggs into it. Add vanilla, and knead dough well for about 5 minutes until it is smooth, adding a little more flour if dough seems to soft and sticky.
Pinch off bits of dough about the size of an apricot, and form into desired shapes. Cookies may be baked as rings, strips, or in letters, such as S.
Place 1 inch apart on greased cookie sheet and bake in hot 450 degree F (230 degrees C) oven for 10 minutes, until golden brown. Watch carefully, because they burn easily.

Answer 3

It is a butter based cookie with a icing glaze, I have bought them and used them in restaurants along with the Anise toasts, while like an Amaretti cookie, they are egg whites and ground almonds, made more like a meringue type these are slight the same as a shortbread with ground blanched almonds, then as the cool there put on a rack and simple icing sugar and lemon juice glaze is applied, like for some sweet rolls.

Answer 4

The only Italian cookie I can think of is Biscotti, if that's the one then edit your Q and then we can help you out.

Answer 5

u can try this:
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just click on the link