Ingredients
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
Egg wash
1 egg yolk, beaten
1 tablespoon milk
For sprinkling
about 1 tablespoon of table sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
Mix flour with sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and the grated zest of 1 lemon.
Beat eggs.
Mix eggs, butter and milk together.
Mix dry ingredients with wet ones, and work into a malleable soft dough (If the dough is too sticky, add a touch more flour).
Knead the dough for about 5 minutes.
Shape into a long thin cylinder.
Cut a small piece of dough and shape it into a taralli-style log -- about 5 inches long, 1/2 inch wide.
Form a circle with the log and pinch the ends together.
Place the sweet taralli on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Brush the egg wash on the taralli and sprinkle a touch of table sugar on them.
Bake in a 350 F degrees oven until the taralli are golden brown -- about 25 minutes.
Notes
Photo: Mary Melfi. |
