Flourless Soft Almond Cookies (Pasticcini di Mandorle) can be soft like marzipan or baked a few minutes more for a slightly crunchy chew. Either way, these wondrous cookies are a real Italian treat! Made with only 4 ingredients, Flourless Soft Almond Cookies are naturally gluten free and ideal for Passover or Easter sweetness.
Chocolate Covered Graham Cracker Easter Eggs
As a last minute sort of person, I love that these Chocolate Covered Graham Cracker Easter Eggs, can be created and packaged for gift giving, from start to finish, in just over one hour! In a previous post, I shared step by step directions for how to make homemade chocolate covered graham crackers, but you…
Milano Cookie Easter Eggs for Military Care Package #19
There are a lot of holidays in March! For this month’s military care package, I had to choose between shamrocks and rainbows or bunnies and jelly beans. The almost overwhelming selection of Easter candy was too much to resist. I created an Easter themed care package for Sailor J. and made chocolate dipped Milano Cookie…
Easter Krispie Bars
Pastel colors are a sure sign of spring. I’m not referring to fashion trends. I mean candy and sprinkle trends. The baking and candy aisles are overflowing with pink, yellow, and lavender. Easter Krispie Bars, speckled in spring colors, are dressed up and celebration ready in minutes.
Apricot and Cranberry Macaroons (Gluten Free and Kosher for Passover)
I made apricot and cranberry macaroons for my mother. She has always been the coconut lover in our family and macaroons are definitely for coconut lovers. They are the ultimate coconut cookie; slight crispness on the outside giving way to moist, chewy coconut inside. These particular balls of macaroon deliciousness are speckled with chopped dried…
Easter Sugar Cookies and Military Care Package #11
This is a big holiday weekend. Passover begins at sunset on Friday and Easter is on Sunday. Both are occasions for gathering with friends and family. While celebrating with these Easter Sugar Cookies , take a moment to send thankful, supportive thoughts or prayers to the military families whose loved ones are deployed. Holidays apart…
Italian Easter Cookies (Taralli Dolce Di Pasqua)
In my opinion, Italy is the home of the best coffee and the best cookies for munching and dunking along with that coffee. The Italian dunking cookie most familiar to Americans is biscotti, a true wonder of crunchy delight and a fabulous care package cookie. Another, perhaps less well known, Italian cookie designed to withstand…