Layers of almond cake are sandwiched with raspberry jam before getting coated in chocolate for the prettiest and most ...

These traditional Italian amaretti cookies combine almond flour, egg whites, sugar, and vanilla to create a dessert that's crisp on the outside and wonderfully chewy inside. Passed down through family ...

Ricciarelli are artisanal cookies from Siena that are popular at Christmas time, but Italians actually purchase them from bakeries or make them at home year-round. Almond flour and bitter almond ...

The yield might sound like a lot, but remember, these cookies are very, very thin. Makes 8 dozen 8 ounces honey 8 ounces whole almonds, skins on 8 ounces, about 1 cup, 00 flour or cake flour, plus ...

Almond paste cookies are a holiday staple among the many Italian, Jewish, Polish and German bakeries in upstate New York, where I was raised. I have long been a fan of almond paste cookies in every ...

To prepare the almond paste cookies, place the blanched almonds (1) and sugar (2) in a food processor with steel blades and blend until powdered (3). Remember that this step should last only a few ...

These cocoa-coffee almond cookies from Italian American, a new book by Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli, chef-owners of NYC’s Don Angie, crack dramatically as they bake to reveal a deeply fudgy interior ...

This story was originally published in 2017. Does anyone make better cookies, pastries and desserts overall than the Italians? We don’t think so! And bread? Please. But here’s the problem: Walk into a ...