1 kilo (about 2 pounds) white flour
3 ounces water, mixed with 5 ounces Grappa
8 ounces white wine
8 ounces vegetable oil
1 teaspoon salt, nicely full
1 envelop of Fleischmann's dried yeast (8 grams)
A pinch of black pepper

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ORIGINAL ITALIAN TEXT
1 kg farine
8 ons. acqua - tre acqua e Grappa
8 ons vino bianco
8 onz oglio
1 c. te sale ben pieno
1 bustine lievito Fleischmann's
po di peppe nero
Lavoraro bene la pasta, lasciare risposare 1 ora.
Fare i taralli piccoli.
Forno 350 per 10 minuti.

Combine taralli dough ingredients and work into a malleable dough (kneading for at least 20 minutes).

Form the dough into a ball. Place in a container, cover. Let the dough rest for 1 hour.

Shape dough into a long, thin cylinder. Cut a few pieces of dough at a time (The pieces will dry out if too many are made at one time).

Roll out the pieces into thin small-sized taralli logs -- about 5 inches long, 1/4 inches wide.

Press ends together to form a circle.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Bake in preheated oven until taralli are golden brown -- about 10 minutes.

Mrs. Anna-Maria Benvenuto has collected hundreds of recipes from relatives, friends and neighbors over the years. She recorded the recipes in Italian in numerous notebooks, often naming the recipe after the person who gave it to her (The one in this entry was provided to her by her friend, Larry). Being an avid baker Mrs. Benvenuto tried out many of the recipes herself. Because of her talent and expertise, she did not feel the need to write detailed instructions as she knew how to make the recipes without them. However, when asked by this website's archivist (Mary Melfi) for details, she quickly volunteered the information. Nonetheless, as with most first generation Italian-Canadian handwritten recipes, it is understood that whoever attempts to duplicate them should have some knowledge of what they are doing (Easier said than done).... While Mrs. Benvenuto was born in the Veneto region (in 1938) and has a natural fondness for recipes that come from this area, she found that as soon as she immigrated to Montreal, Quebec in 1952 she developed an instant appreciation for all foods from her homeland.... Photo and English translation of original Italian text: Mary Melfi.

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