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Cassatine di Ricotta
Cassatine di Ricotta (Baked Sicilian ricotta tarts using yeast dough, flavored with lemon and cinnamon)
Originated from: Sicily, Italy
Occasion: Easter and other times
Contributed by: Adapted from an Italian cookbook published in the 1960s

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Taralli Dolci di Pasqua (Easter Sweet Taralli without yeast, with eggs and topped with icing, Version II)
Originated from: Italy (North American version)
Occasion: Easter
Contributed by: Mary Melfi

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Taralli Dolci di Pasqua (Easter Sweet Taralli without yeast, with eggs and cooking alcohol or Marsala wine, Version I)
Originated from: Puglia, Italy
Occasion: Easter
Contributed by: Mary Melfi

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Tozzetti (Chocolate almond Easter cookie slices, made with yeast, flavored with lemon and raisins)
Originated from: Umbria, Italy
Occasion: Easter
Contributed by: Taken from "Libro di Cucina" Italian Wikibooks; photo Mary Melfi.

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Rose d'oriente sweet fritter
Rose d'Oriente (Easter Sweet Fritters Topped with Pistachio Nuts and Orange Zest)
Originated from: Sorrento, Campania
Occasion: Easter
Contributed by: Mrs. Immacolatina Guida

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Italian Easter bread
Easter Surprise Bread/ Pane Sorpresa Pasqualino (with yeast dough, flavored with nuts, grated lemon and cinnamon)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Easter
Contributed by: Taken from "The Complete Italian Cook Book: LA CUCINA" by Rose L. Sorce (Grosset & Dunlap, 1953)

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Cuddhuraci, Cuddhura or Cudduraci
Cuddhuraci, Cuddhura or Cudduraci -- Calabrian Easter cookie or holiday bread shaped as animals or flowers -- Wikipedia Notes
Originated from: Calabria, Italy
Occasion: Easter
Contributed by: Taken from "Libro di Cucina" Italian Wikibooks

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bread with colored eggs
Bread with Colored Eggs (yeast dough, flavored with vanilla; glazed)
Originated from: Molise, Italy
Occasion: Easter
Contributed by: Taken from Rizzi DeFabo's cookbook, "Cooking with Rizzi" (Crabtree Press, 2010)

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Le Pupazze
Easter Dolls/Le Pupazze (yeast dough, flavored with vanilla; brushed with butter)
Originated from: Molise, Italy
Occasion: Easter
Contributed by: Taken from Rizzi DeFabo's cookbook, "Cooking with Rizzi" (Crabtree Press, 2010)

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Braided Easter Log
Originated from: Casacalenda, Molise, Italy
Occasion: Easter
Contributed by: Mrs. Rosina Melfi as told to Mary Melfi, her niece

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