Posts Tagged: italian cookies

“Party Perfect” Cookie Tray II: Rainbow Cookies

Rainbow cookies are deliciously moist and rich tri-color cookies that are  usually found at Italian bakeries.  They have an intense almond flavor and are held together with thin layers of either raspberry or apricot jam (or orange marmalade) and a layer of melted chocolate tops them off. They are a fussy and time-consuming cookie to […]

“Party Perfect” Cookie Tray II: Bethy’s Pink Cookies

I LOVE these cookies.  REALLY love ’em.  They are a soft version of the ever-popular Italian iced cookies and, once you start, you can’t stop eating them.  They are exclusive to my friend Bethy and, quite honestly, nobody makes them like she does. We spent a day together baking cookies for an upcoming wedding shower, […]

Annual Christmas Cookie Baking Marathon – ’10

Includes recipes for Mocha Cookies, Frosted Cranberry Drop Cookies, Gianduja Bells, Cashew Brittle, Mandelhoernchen, Cranberry, White Chocolate, Pistachio Biscotti, Raspberry Almond Shortbread Thumbprints, Italian Christmas Cookies, Molasses Sugar Cookies, Spritz

“Party Perfect” Cookie Tray – Pignoli Cookies, Butter Cookies & Double Coconut Biscotti

Pignoli cookies are delicious and impressive, so a “party perfect” cookie tray just wouldn’t be complete without them!  I have used the Epicurious recipe for years, and I always get great results.  The posted recipe calls for canned almond paste, but I buy almond paste by the pound at a local Italian deli. This is […]

Italian Christmas Cookies

No.  The stockings are not hung by the chimney with care.  Nor is my tree decorated.  And the presents remain unwrapped.  But I’m having fun baking holiday cookies!  And this is probably my all-time favorite Christmas cookie, as it was one of two recipes that my mom would make to kick-off the holiday season.  The […]