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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

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Last modified on: May 14^th 2023

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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

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Time required for this recipe:

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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.

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.

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 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Nuts, Egg, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 40 pieces : 2.87 €
Per piece : 0.07 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bechamel sauce, Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, Fillets of sole meunière, Escalopes in a sesame crust, X-Files cookies, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tatin apples with mascarpone cream, How to succeed in making sabayon (syllabub), Tarte Normande, Caramelized pear custard tart, Panna cotta, ... All
	Whole almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Carrot-top pesto, Praline, Moist cereal bars, Indian rice pudding, Red cabage salad with toasted almonds, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crème de foie gras, Flamiche, Eggs Benedict , Almond mug cake for Mary, Ramekins with almonds, apples and lemon, ... All

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The 2 comments already posted on this recipe

You're welcome Lena!
Posted by jh may 15^th 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 14^th 2023 at 20:09 n° 1

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