Italian Cucidati Fig Cookies - Italian Christmas Cookies - Holiday Baking | Cooking From Scratch

Cucidati (Italian Fig Cookies)
Dough
• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ cup milk
• 4 cups flour
• 1 ½ Tbs baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• Divide dough into 4 pieces, shape into rectangles, wrap with plastic wrap, and chill for 1 hour
Filling
• 1 cup dried fig
• 1 cup pitted dates
• ¾ cup raisins
• ¼ cup honey
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ¼ cup orange marmalade
• ½ cup walnuts
• Roll dough into a 12” wide sheet that is about 3/16” thick. Add a thin (1/4” thick) rope of filling mixture to the edge of the dough closest to you. Roll the dough away from you until the filling is enclosed in dough, and cut the dough along the log to remove and reserve excess dough. Cut the log into 1” pieces.
• Bake at 375 for 10-15 mins
Icing
• 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• Few Tbs milk or water
• Sprinkles