Zaleti

I am always, always distracted by Italian Cookies. How have I not known about Zaleti? 

Variously referred to as Zaeti, Zaleti, Xaleti, and Xaeti, these cookies are considered Venetian and were popular in poor families who tended to have the ingredients - cornmeal being the main one. In fact the cookie name is linked to their word for "yellow" - the colour of cornmeal.

Zaleti are not too sweet. They have great texture from the cornmeal - and they're Italian! Bet you can't eat just one!

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Italian Lemon Twist Cookies

This will not be the first (or last) time I mention my obsession with Italian cookies. These have been one of my favourites at Italian Showers, though, oddly, I make them only once a year - at Christmas.

They are the first off the assembly line in December since they freeze well - and it takes a lot of self control to make sure they all (most) make it to the freezer.

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