A tasty twist on the traditional Italian fig-filled rolled cookies, this party-size cookie brings all of the wealthy, spiced flavors of conventional cuccidati right into a single, fantastically baked confection. Stuffed with a scrumptious nut combination and evenly spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, this cookie cake combines the perfect of each worlds—smooth, tender dough with a candy, chewy filling.
Cuccudati Cookie Cake
Makes 1 (9-inch) cookie cake
Dough:
- 3 cups (375 grams) all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting
- ½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons (6 grams) kosher salt
- 1½ teaspoons (7.5 grams) baking powder
- 1 cup (227 grams) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 massive eggs (100 grams), room temperature
- 2 teaspoons (8 grams) vanilla extract
Filling:
- 1½ cups (210 grams) dried figs, stemmed and chopped
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons (90 grams) water
- ¼ cup (85 grams) honey
- 1½ teaspoons (3 grams) orange zest
- ¼ cup (60 grams) recent orange juice
- ¾ cup (105 grams) pitted dates, finely chopped
- ¾ cup (85 grams) chopped toasted walnuts
- ⅓ cup (43 grams) raisins
- 1 teaspoon (3 grams) kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon (2 grams) floor cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon floor nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon floor cloves
Glaze:
- 2 cups (240 grams) confectioners’ sugar
- 3 tablespoons (45 grams) complete milk
- Garnish: rainbow nonpareils
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For dough: Within the work bowl of a meals processor, pulse flour, granulated sugar, salt, and baking powder till mixed. Add butter, eggs, and vanilla; pulse simply till a easy dough varieties. (Don’t overprocess.)
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End up dough onto a evenly floured floor, and knead for two to three minutes. Form two-thirds of dough (about544 grams) right into a disk. Form remaining one-third of dough (about 272 grams) right into a disk. Wrap dough disks in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for no less than 1 hour or as much as in a single day.
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For filling: In a medium saucepan, prepare dinner figs, ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons (90 grams) water, honey, and orange juice over medium warmth, stirring sometimes, till figs are fork-tender, about 10 minutes. Switch combination to the work bowl of a meals processor. Add orange zest, dates, walnuts, raisins, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, and course of till easy. Cowl till prepared to make use of.
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Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Spray a 9-inch spherical cake pan with baking spray with flour. Line backside of pan with parchment paper.
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On a evenly floured floor, roll bigger dough disk right into a 13-inch circle. Rigorously switch dough to ready pan, urgent into backside and up sides of pan. (If dough breaks, press it collectively and easy it out together with your fingers.) Unfold filling into ready dough with a small offset spatula. Utilizing a small paring knife, trim extra dough to ¼ inch above prime of filling. Utilizing your fingers, gently fold ¼-inch fringe of dough over filling, and easy down barely together with your fingertips.
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On a evenly floured floor, roll remaining dough disk right into a 10-inch circle. Utilizing a pointy knife and a 9-inch spherical cake pan as a information, minimize dough right into a 9-inch circle. Rigorously place dough on filling. Utilizing your fingers or a fork, evenly press down on edges of dough to seal. Gently poke a couple of holes in prime of dough with a fork or wood decide.
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Bake till prime is evenly browned, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool in pan for10 minutes. Rigorously take away from pan, and let cool utterly on a wire rack.
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For glaze: In a medium bowl, whisk collectively all components till easy; unfold onto cooled cookie, and garnish with nonpareils, if desired. Let stand till glaze is ready, 15 to twenty minutes. Retailer in an hermetic container for as much as 3 days.
