Cantucci di Prato
The "Cantucci di Prato" or cookies of Prato are dry cookies with almonds, originating from the city of Prato in Italian Tuscany.
Quite easy to make and delicious, they keep very well, they can be eaten alone or as an accompaniment to a dessert such as a chocolate cream for example
Quite easy to make and delicious, they keep very well, they can be eaten alone or as an accompaniment to a dessert such as a chocolate cream for example
Last modified on: May 14th 2023
Keywords for this recipe:For 40 pieces, you will need:
- 1
300 g flour - 2
6 g baking powder - 3
2 pinches salt - 4
125 g whole almonds - 5
2 eggs - 6
60 g butter - 7
200 g caster sugar - Total weight: 791 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 22 min. | 35 min. | 57 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Preheat your oven to 180°C (360°F).
Sift together in a bowl 300 g flour, 6 g baking powder and 2 pinches salt.
Sift together in a bowl 300 g flour, 6 g baking powder and 2 pinches salt.
Stage 2 - 2 min.
Add 125 g whole almonds and 2 eggs.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Then 200 g caster sugar and 60 g butter melted.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Mix, by hand or with a wooden spatula, until smooth.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Place the dough on your lightly floured work surface, and cut it in 2.
Stage 6 - 4 min.
Form each piece of dough into a cylinder, about 4 cm (1.6 inches) in diameter, and place on a baking sheet protected by a sheet of baking paper.
Stage 7 - 35 min.
Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Cut, still warm, in small pieces...
Stage 9
...and let cool on a rack.
Remarks
The dough of the cookies does not need to be kneaded, just mixed, it is useless to insist once the mixture made in the stage 4.
One can decline the recipe with other dry fruits, as the pistachio for example.
One can decline the recipe with other dry fruits, as the pistachio for example.
And to drink?
Ideally, a glass of "Vino santo", the famous Tuscan dessert wine.
Keeping
Several days in a closed box or jar.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,221 Kcal or 13,486 Kj | 65 gr | 445 gr | 131 gr |
| 161 % | 25 % | 42 % | 20 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 407 Kcal or 1,704 Kj | 8 gr | 56 gr | 17 gr |
| 20 % | 3 % | 5 % | 3 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 81 Kcal or 339 Kj | 2 gr | 11 gr | 3 gr |
| 4 % | 1 % | 1 % | <1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 40 pieces : 2.87 €
- Per piece : 0.07 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grated potato cakes, Boeuf (beef) bourguignon, Poppy seed and lemon cake, Fillet of salmon meunière, Clafoutis batter, ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Peach and verbena feuilleté, Italian Meringue, Fruit paste : Blackcurrant, Little apple turnovers with almonds and raisins, Mulled apple juice, ... All |
 | Whole almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Rice pudding with fruit and nuts, Moist cereal bars, Piped petits-fours, Nougat, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, Potatoes with prawns, Eggs Benedict , Gâteau Basque , Welsh-style potato purée, ... All |
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- You're welcome Lena!Posted by jh may 15th 2023 at 16:25 (n° 2)
- I made the 20 piece version and used cachou nuts because they're all I had available. Also some vanilla. Next time I will heat the oven to 170 fan as they browned too much too quickly at 180. Nevertheless they taste wonderful! Thank you for all your great recipes.Posted by Lena may 14th 2023 at 20:09 (n° 1)
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