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Anyone else in this group an Italian? I only ask because you might be familiar with my "Pupa Culova" cookies. This is a tradition that I learned from my grandmother and my aunt. I believe "pupa" means baby, but I'm not sure how these cookies got the name. Anyway, my grandmother used to make large flower cookies (she fluted the edges of the dough) and then take a hard-boiled egg, place it in the center, and then make criss-cross "handles" over the egg. She would then glaze them with white frosting made w/confectioner's sugar and water. Then she would sprinkle jimmies or those little colored balls all over the icing. My aunt pretty much does the same. I modified the recipe when my kids were smaller. I wanted the cookies to look more like baskets and more colorful so I started putting the dough into pot-pie tins (besides, I'm lousy at fluting edges for the flower effect.) I also color the hard-boiled eggs first before placing them in the un-baked dough and my baskets have one handle going across the egg. And, since I'm not fond of jimmies, I sprinkle mine w/the little colored balls only. They are not hard to make so if anyone would like the recipe, please contact me here. Here is a picture of what my finished "pupas" look like:

Oh, I forgot to add that I usually make about 3 dozen of these. My family does their share of eating them, but I also give some away to friends who have come to look forward to this every Easter.

Very interesting!

In the Buffalo News yesterday there was a write up on these cookies. I have never heard of them till your post. Looks interesting, think I'll try them next year.