Taralli Dolci Di Pasqua

Otherwise known as Easter Ring cookies. I couldn't think of a better cookie to be making for Easter service coffee hour. This platter was my only offering, Pam created mounds of delicious treats and Vaudeen made her beautifully decorated vanilla butterflies and chocolate eggs.
The Easter Ring cookie is a molded cookie. The dough was beautiful. It is made with melted butter and that does something wonderful to the consistency of the dough. This cookie is formed into the ring shapes by rolling a bit of it and creating a circle.
You then bake the rings and then frost them. The confectioner's sugar based frosting sets so fast that I had to frost then sprinkle each cookie - no separation of jobs - they had to be dunked and sprinkled within seconds to keep the non-pareils to stick.
This is a light cookie and good with coffee and tea.