If you’ve read this blog for a while you know that I bake cookies at Christmas. I have already shared my favorites, Polish Tea Cakes, so today I will share Hannah’s favorites.
Neapolitan Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 5 drops red food coloring
- 1 (1 ounce) square unsweetened chocolate, melted
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Divide dough equally into three small bowls. Add almond extract and red food coloring to one portion; stir until thoroughly mixed. Mix chocolate into second bowl, and walnuts into the third bowl.
- Line a 9×5 inch loaf pan with waxed paper, and spread almond dough evenly in the bottom of the pan. Spread the walnut dough evenly over the almond layer, and top with chocolate dough layer. Cover layered dough with waxed paper, and place in the refrigerator until firm, about 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Turn out chilled dough by inverting pan; peel off waxed paper. With sharp knife, cut dough lengthwise in half. Slice each half of dough crosswise into 1/4 inch slices. Place slices on cookie sheet one inch apart.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until light brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.
They are easy, they are pretty and most importantly, they are delicious! Enjoy!
How festive! My daughter and I did two batches of cookies. Spritz and Peanut butter kisses ( my mom calls them Mexican Hats). My Boston daughter is making sugar cookies with my granddaughter. No Polish tea cookies this year. We all gather later today in Boston for Christmas Eve. Can’t wait!
I know what I’ll be doing after baking my daughter’s birthday cake this morning. Thanks for the recipe.
ohhh these look fun! I’ll have to see if I have all the ingredients!
What festive cookies!
Those look and sound yummy. Enjoy!
Those look YUMMY! Love the snow effect on the blog!
I’ll bet they taste heavenly!
Pretty!
Mmm…..these look scrumptious!
Courtney and I are finishing up the last batch of cookies after dinner. We made 8 dozen and had fun together doing it. 🙂
we just finished making these cookies, and they are delicious. None let! Thanks for shring carole!
Thanks for the recipe! Yummy! Picked up the almond extract and we will bake them tonight. I actually had them for the first time this year. A woman at work bakes them and adds green food for the third color.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Back in my college days, we put on Neapolitan parties. Everyone dressed in brown, white, and pink. We only served food of those colors (which made for some fun). I don’t know where the idea came from, but it was a hoot! I’d have loved to brought such pretty cookies!