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10/12/2024 5:38 pm
my mom passed on at 97, in 2013. I still miss those pies, cakes, cookies and of course those fruitcakes!
David Vandermeer
Corinth, Texas
10/12/2024 7:42 pm
You have not lived until you've tasted Sicilian Christmas desserts.
John Bono
North Jersey
Tony Perrone and Steve Jacobs reacted
10/12/2024 8:47 pm
I have always loved fruit cake but my wife not so much which is a good thing for me.
Tony Perrone and Steve Jacobs reacted
10/12/2024 9:57 pm
You have not lived until you've tasted Sicilian Christmas desserts.
John,
Any recommendations for us ?
Steve
Tony Perrone reacted
10/12/2024 11:14 pm
Steve, the one that mediately comes to mind is a cookie called cucciddati. The name may vary, as I'm pretty sure cucciddati is dialect. It's made with chopped figs, almonds, walnuts, lemon and orange rind. The filling is stuffed into not very sweet cookie dough. My mom and grandmother made these every Christmas. Some of the Italian pastry shops and Italian food specialty markets in NYC and northern NJ carry them. Some other examples are S-shaped cookies made with almonds and honey and Sicilian nougat. I must not forget pistachio cookies and pastry.You have not lived until you've tasted Sicilian Christmas desserts.
John,
Any recommendations for us ?
Steve
John Bono
North Jersey
Steve Jacobs and Tony Perrone reacted
11/12/2024 7:13 am
You have not lived until you've tasted Sicilian Christmas desserts.
I have lived piasano, I have lived! LOL!! Man, you are right John. My father was born in Palermo, Sicily. My grandfather, grandmother, dad and his (then) 2 sisters, sailed to the US in 1912. Grandad and grandmom had 7 more kids. We had those deserts, growing up, for many, many years! Oh the memories, oh the calories!! 
11/12/2024 7:20 am
11/12/2024 10:08 am
@sizedoesmatter John, I put on five pounds just reading your description and Tony's picture. Thanks guys.
11/12/2024 10:16 am
You have not lived until you've tasted Sicilian Christmas desserts.
I have lived piasano, I have lived! LOL!! Man, you are right John. My father was born in Palermo, Sicily. My grandfather, grandmother, dad and his (then) 2 sisters, sailed to the US in 1912. Grandad and grandmom had 7 more kids. We had those deserts, growing up, for many, many years! Oh the memories, oh the calories!!
The heck with any calories ! It's Christmas... Time for Family and Traditions which hopefully we never forget as they are so important to us 🙏😋
Thanks John, there has to be a Sicilian bakery here in SoCal !
Steve
11/12/2024 10:19 am
Steve, the one that mediately comes to mind is a cookie called cucciddati. The name may vary, as I'm pretty sure cucciddati is dialect. It's made with chopped figs, almonds, walnuts, lemon and orange rind. The filling is stuffed into not very sweet cookie dough. My mom and grandmother made these every Christmas. Some of the Italian pastry shops and Italian food specialty markets in NYC and northern NJ carry them. Some other examples are S-shaped cookies made with almonds and honey and Sicilian nougat. I must not forget pistachio cookies and pastry.You have not lived until you've tasted Sicilian Christmas desserts.
John,
Any recommendations for us ?
Steve
My Mom made all the best Christmas cookies too. I'd share a few with friends sometimes but had to stop because they'd always ask for more...😂
11/12/2024 10:21 am
@sizedoesmatter John, I put on five pounds just reading your description and Tony's picture. Thanks guys.
Love ya brother - extra weight and all! 
11/12/2024 10:22 am
There's GOTTA be Steve! If not - MOVE!You have not lived until you've tasted Sicilian Christmas desserts.
I have lived piasano, I have lived! LOL!! Man, you are right John. My father was born in Palermo, Sicily. My grandfather, grandmother, dad and his (then) 2 sisters, sailed to the US in 1912. Grandad and grandmom had 7 more kids. We had those deserts, growing up, for many, many years! Oh the memories, oh the calories!!
The heck with any calories ! It's Christmas... Time for Family and Traditions which hopefully we never forget as they are so important to us 🙏😋
Thanks John, there has to be a Sicilian bakery here in SoCal !
Steve
11/12/2024 4:25 pm
Tony, my maternal grandparents immigrated to the US in 1905 from a town in Sicily called Baucina...it's about 15 miles from Palermo.You have not lived until you've tasted Sicilian Christmas desserts.
I have lived piasano, I have lived! LOL!! Man, you are right John. My father was born in Palermo, Sicily. My grandfather, grandmother, dad and his (then) 2 sisters, sailed to the US in 1912. Grandad and grandmom had 7 more kids. We had those deserts, growing up, for many, many years! Oh the memories, oh the calories!!
John Bono
North Jersey
11/12/2024 4:26 pm
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