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Italian Wine Cookies Recipe
Italian Wine Cookies are known in Italy as Ciambelline al Vino or Biscotti al Vino Rosso. They are rustic, inexpensive and delicious cookies made with wine, typical of the Roman cucina povera.They are made without butter or eggs. You need just a few simple ingredients: flour, sugar, red or white wine, oil and a pinch of yeast. From this dough, you have to make small ropes that you shape into a doughnut, or ciambelle in Italian.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Additional Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 30 cookies
Calories: 79 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
- 300 g flour 2 cups, "00"
- 100 ml olive oil ~½ cup, extra virgin
- 100 g granulated sugar ½ cup, + about 4 tablespoons for the topping
- 8 g baking powder ~½ tablespoon
- 100 ml wine ~½ cup, red or white dry wine
- ½ teaspoon anise seeds optional
Instructions
THE DOUGH
- Pour the flour into a bowl. Then make a hollow in the center and pour in the wine and the EVO oil.
- Add the sugar and, if you like the taste, you can add half a teaspoon of aniseed at this point. Stir with a wooden spoon to combine all the ingredients.
- Add the baking powder and mix until the mixture has the consistency of a dough. Then switch to kneading with your hands.
- Transfer the dough to a work surface and knead by hand until you have a firm, homogeneous ball of dough.
- Place in the bowl and cover with plastic wrap or a clean tea towel. Let rest at room temperature for about 20 minutes.
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THE SHAPE
- At the end of the resting time, take the dough and start forming small doughnut-shaped cookies. Take about 30 grams (1 ounce) of dough and roll it into rolls about 15 cm (6 inches) long. Fold the rolls back on themselves and close to form a ring.
THE BAKING
- Dip the cookies in a generous amount of granulated sugar.
- Place the ciambelle on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Be sure to space the cookies well apart. PLEASE NOTE: During baking, the cookies will puff up a bit and may stick together if they are too close together.
- Bake the wine cookies in a preheated oven at 180°C (350°F) for 20 minutes.
- Remove your Italian wine cookies from the oven, let them cool and serve.
Nutrition Information
Serving
100g
Calories
79kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
11g
(4%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
3g
(5%)
Saturated Fat
0.4g
(2%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.4g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Sodium
29mg
(1%)
Potassium
15mg
(0%)
Fiber
0.3g
(1%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
0.1IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
0.01mg
(0%)
Calcium
18mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 30cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 79
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 100g | |
| Calories | 79kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 11g | 4% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 3g | 5% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.4g | 2% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.4g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Sodium | 29mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 15mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0.3g | 1% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 0.1IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 0.01mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 18mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.