Easy Ciambella Romagnola

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A Ciambella Romagnola, is a typical rustic cake from Emilia-Romagna. It's made with very simple ingredients like flour, eggs, sugar, butter, and some milk. It tastes like a giant sugar cookie and it's a really easy Italian baking recipe.

– all-purpose unbleached flour – cake flour – pinch of salt – baking powder – baking soda – granulated sugar – lemon zest – unsalted butter (or margarine if you're dairy-free) – egg – vanilla extract – milk (whole milk or unsweetened almond milk for dairy-free )

Ingredients

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Cook time: 41 min

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Servings

12

Type

cake

prep Time

7 min

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A ciambella is traditionally made in the shape of a ring. But in some parts of Emilia Romagna, it is made into a very rustic and simple shape of a loaf.

What is zucchero granella? Zucchero granella is pearl sugar and it is made from granulated sugar. It sort of resembles a rice grain and it is used to decorate Italian baked goods and pastries. It's also called decorators sugar.

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what is another name for ciambella? In the Romagna region, you will see the dessert called ciambella romagnola, ciambella dura, brazadela. It may also be called ciambella ferrarese, or even “al paneton”.

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