Italian Rainbow Cookies

Name: Italian Rainbow Cookies
Yield: Makes 60 cookies
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 cups (8 ounces; 227 grams), cake flour; 1/2 teaspoon, baking powder; 1 1/2 cups (10 1/2 ounces; 298 grams), sugar; 8 ounces (227 grams), almond paste, cut into 1-inch pieces; 7 , large eggs; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly; 1/8 teaspoon, red food coloring; 1/8 teaspoon green, food coloring; 2/3 cup seedless, raspberry jam; 1 cup (6 ounces; 170 grams), bittersweet chocolate chips

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2016

Desserts or Baked Goods

Italian

Chocolate

Holiday

We dug deep into the cookie jar this year and found some unexpected treats.

SERVESMakes 60 cookies

TIME1¾ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

With their green, white, and red stripes, these cookies are meant to look like diminutive Italian flags. The multicolored layers of cake are made with almond paste, filled with raspberry jam, and topped with rich dark chocolate.

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