Christmas

Cuccidati (Sicilian Fig Cookies)

Pastry Filling Topping Heat oven to 350 degrees. Step 1: Make the pastry. In a medium bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Cut the Crisco into the dry ingredients until well incorporated. Add the milk a little at a time until...

Cranberry Bread

A traditional sweet and tangy, moist cake that is a staple for Christmas time. Make a double batch and use slightly smaller paper loaf pans to package up as gifts. These also freeze very well so you can take them...

Cioppino

Christmas Eve tradition – Cioppino, the most efficient way to cover the Feast of the Seven Fishes in an Italian-American-Californian home. I inherited the Christmas Eve family dinner a few years back to offload the full annual holiday meals burden...