21 Layered Christmas Cookies Rainbow Style

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Italian

Almond Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

Flat scalloped almond shortcrust rounds joined with dark-chocolate ganache, an Italian-style home sandwich cookie.

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Calabrian-style egg-dough rings, boiled, scored around their outer edge and baked before receiving an opaque egg-free lemon sugar coat.

Italian

Calabrian Ginetti

Calabrian-style egg-dough rings, boiled, scored around their outer edge and baked before receiving an opaque egg-free lemon sugar coat.

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Rough-edged hazelnut meringue cookies with a crisp shell and a chewy middle.

Italian

Brutti ma Buoni

Rough-edged hazelnut meringue cookies with a crisp shell and a chewy middle.

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Italian

Almond Knot Cookies

Tender almond-scented dough knots with sliced almonds and a light sugar glaze, an Italian-style home adaptation.

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Calabrian-style shortcrust crescents filled with figs, raisins, nuts, cocoa and coffee, finished with an egg wash and colorful sprinkles.

Italian

Calabrian Petrali

Calabrian-style shortcrust crescents filled with figs, raisins, nuts, cocoa and coffee, finished with an egg wash and colorful sprinkles.

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Italian

Anise Chocolate Chip Biscotti

An Italian-style crisp twice-baked cookie with lightly crushed anise seeds and small dark chocolate pockets.

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Soft ricotta cookies with almond flour and lightly toasted sliced-almond crowns, a home adaptation rather than almond paste biscuits.

Italian

Almond Ricotta Cookies

Soft ricotta cookies with almond flour and lightly toasted sliced-almond crowns, a home adaptation rather than almond paste biscuits.

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Twice-baked Tuscan-style almond slices with a little Vin Santo in the dough and a crisp golden crumb.

Italian

Vin Santo Cantucci

Twice-baked Tuscan-style almond slices with a little Vin Santo in the dough and a crisp golden crumb.

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Neapolitan-style rectangular shortcrust pastries around a cocoa and sour-cherry cake-crumb filling, with a baked white glaze.

Italian

Biscotti all’Amarena

Neapolitan-style rectangular shortcrust pastries around a cocoa and sour-cherry cake-crumb filling, with a baked white glaze.

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Hand-shaped almond butter crescents with a tender short crumb and a thin snowy sugar finish.

Italian

Almond Shortbread Crescents

Hand-shaped almond butter crescents with a tender short crumb and a thin snowy sugar finish.

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Italian

Italian Rainbow Cookies

An Italian-American home version of red, ivory and green almond cake cookies, layered with apricot jam and dark chocolate.

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Small cutout frollini sandwiches with apricot centers showing through round windows and a fine sugar dusting.

Italian

Apricot Jam Frollini

Small cutout frollini sandwiches with apricot centers showing through round windows and a fine sugar dusting.

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Twice-baked almond cookies with a crisp bite and a little orange zest.

Italian

Almond Cantucci

Twice-baked almond cookies with a crisp bite and a little orange zest.

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Lemon-scented Abruzzo-style wafer cookies cooked individually in a patterned ferratelle or pizzelle iron.

Italian

Abruzzo Ferratelle

Lemon-scented Abruzzo-style wafer cookies cooked individually in a patterned ferratelle or pizzelle iron.

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Golden almond biscotti with fragrant orange zest and crisp, diagonally sliced edges.

Italian

Almond Orange Biscotti

Golden almond biscotti with fragrant orange zest and crisp, diagonally sliced edges.

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Italian

Almond Meringue Kisses

Star-piped crisp meringues with almond aroma and finely broken almond flakes on top, an Italian-style home variation.

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Ridged cocoa-hazelnut kisses joined with a dark-chocolate ganache, inspired by Alassio's pastry tradition.

Italian

Baci di Alassio

Ridged cocoa-hazelnut kisses joined with a dark-chocolate ganache, inspired by Alassio's pastry tradition.

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Delicate flower-shaped butter cookies with a center hole and a snowy sugar finish.

Italian

Canestrelli

Delicate flower-shaped butter cookies with a center hole and a snowy sugar finish.

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Golden yolk-rich butter rings inspired by the traditional cookies of Burano, scented with lemon and vanilla.

Italian

Bussolai Buranelli

Golden yolk-rich butter rings inspired by the traditional cookies of Burano, scented with lemon and vanilla.

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Tiny hazelnut butter cookies joined with a neat layer of dark chocolate.

Italian

Baci di Dama

Tiny hazelnut butter cookies joined with a neat layer of dark chocolate.

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Italian

Almond Apricot Sandwich Cookies

Solid almond-butter discs paired around a thin apricot-jam layer, an Italian-style home sandwich cookie.