'Nzuddi

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'Nzuddi are traditional cookies typical of the Italian provinces of Messina and Catania. They are spherical, slightly flattened, golden-colored cookies, made of flour, sugar, almonds, cinnamon, egg whites, and ammonia.Alba Allotta. La cucina siciliana. Newton Compton Editori, 2012. {{ISBN|8854146129}}.

Historically, the cookies were made for the feast of Our Lady of the Letter, Saint Patron of the city of Messina, on June 3.{{cite news|last1=Lillo Freni|title=...gli 'nzuddi della Madonna della Lettera|url=http://lillofreni.blog.tiscali.it/2013/06/01/gli-nzuddi-della-madonna-della-lettera/?doing_wp_cron|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140917164255/http://lillofreni.blog.tiscali.it/2013/06/01/gli-nzuddi-della-madonna-della-lettera/?doing_wp_cron|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 17, 2014|accessdate=17 September 2014|publisher=Tiscali|date=1 June 2013}} These cakes were originally prepared in the monastery of the Vincentian Sisters, and the name 'nzuddi derives from the abbreviation of the name "Vincenzo" in the Sicilian language.{{cite news|last1=Lillo Freni|title=...gli 'nzuddi della Madonna della Lettera|url=http://lillofreni.blog.tiscali.it/2013/06/01/gli-nzuddi-della-madonna-della-lettera/?doing_wp_cron|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140917164255/http://lillofreni.blog.tiscali.it/2013/06/01/gli-nzuddi-della-madonna-della-lettera/?doing_wp_cron|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 17, 2014|accessdate=17 September 2014|publisher=Tiscali|date=1 June 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Angela Bertino|title=Gli antichi dolci delle feste: "i 'Nzuddi"|url=http://tradizionisicilia.it/gli-antichi-dolci-delle-feste-i-nzuddi/|accessdate=17 September 2014|publisher=Tradizioni Sicilia|date=11 November 2013}}