These conventional Calabrian cookies are made with flour, honey, and a little bit little bit of seasoning—that is it!
Mostaccioli Calabresi | Italian Honey Cookies
You can also make quite simple “S”-shapes for a straightforward cookie, or you may mould the dough into advanced patterns just like the Calabrian cookie artisans who make mostaccioli in Soriano. Get artistic!
There are NO right quantities of any ingredient. This recipe could be very easy however have to be finished by eye, really feel and style!
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For this recipe, you have to:
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All-purpose flour
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Honey
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Cinnamon
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Floor cloves
Pour flour into a big mixing bowl. The quantity is completely as much as you, however we possibly advocate beginning with about 2 cups (250g). Season the flour with cinnamon and cloves, however remember which you could all the time add extra.
Subsequent, add some honey and start mixing it in by hand. You need to add simply sufficient to make a agency dough that’s solely barely cheesy, not sticky. Don’t fret in the event you add an excessive amount of, you may all the time steadiness it out by dusting with extra flour at any level! Style it as you go and add extra cinnamon and/or cloves if you want.
When a tough dough varieties within the bowl, switch it to a clear work floor and knead till it is rather uniform. Mud with extra flour if it is sticky.
Preheat an oven to 340 levels F (170 C).
Lower a manageable piece of the dough off and roll it together with your arms into an extended snake, a couple of finger’s width in diameter. Trim it as wanted and make an “S” form, then place the cookie on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Proceed till all the dough is assembled into cookies.
Bake for 15-17 minutes, or till golden. As a result of the dough is essentially made from honey, remember that the cookies turn into very exhausting after they settle down. We advocate consuming them scorching, or warming them once more briefly within the microwave proper earlier than consuming them. They’ve a tremendously lengthy shelf-life and could be stored in an hermetic container for a very long time.
Buon appetito!
