Fave dei morti, Italian almond cinnamon cookies
“Dead man’s fingers” from the Italian All Saints' Day tradition: ground almonds, sugar, flour, cinnamon, butter, lemon zest, and egg, shaped into small st…
These small, bean-shaped biscuits are prepared for All Souls' Day, November 2nd, in Lombardy, Veneto, and Sicily.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time20 min
- Cook time15 min
- Total35 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodfour
- Estimated cost$2.37 $0.12 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
people
- $0.69
- $0.08
- $0.17
- $0.28
- $0.28
- $0.40
- $0.40
- $0.04
- $0.03
Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
- First, coarsely chop the almonds, then add the sugar, flour, cinnamon, baking powder, vanilla extract, and half of the butter. ≈ 3 min
- Add the egg and egg white to create a smooth batter. ≈ 3 min
- Cut small sticks, approximately 1 cm thick and 3 cm long. ≈ 10 min
- Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
The bill
Fave dei morti, Italian almond cinnamon cookies
- 75 g of almonds$0.69
- 50 g of flour$0.08
- ½ tablespoon of cinnamon$0.17
- 30 g of butter$0.28
- 1 small bottle of lemon extract$0.28
- 1 egg$0.40
- 1 egg white$0.40
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder$0.04
- 5 grams of vanilla sugar$0.03
Total$2.37
that's $0.12 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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