Gothamist: Gothamist loves tri-color cookies

Andrew Selvaggio

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:06:47 -0500

This is our family recipe! I am so happy to find this! I will also post a link to this blog on http://cook-italian.com ! Thanks! PINK AND WHITE SANDWICH COOKIES 1 lb almond paste 1 lb cake flour sifted twice 1 lb butter unsalted 8 egg yokes 1/2 lb grand sugar 6 – 7 whole eggs 1/2 lb powder sugar 1/4—1/2 teaspoons baking power grated orange rind 1 tablespoon or more & vanilla Cream almond paste and butter, add granulated sugar, and then powder sugar, Orange rind and vanilla add eggs one at a time, add baking powder, and then Flour. Divide batter into two bowls – one without red color, the other with. Prepare 2 cookie sheets greased with wax paper. Bake 375 oven 20 – 25 minutes Cool the cakes, prepare, melt the sweetened bakers chocolate, Spread chocolate onto the cake, and then put them together. Cut them diagonal

Alejandra

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:49:56 -0500

If you can't get to NY (or are just too lazy to walk to the corner bakery ;) I actually bake and ship these italian rainbow cookies all over the country. The real NY kind, of course. I've been completely obsessed with these since I was a kid and so of course they are my favorite thing to bake!! You can check out online at: http://alwaysorderdessert.etsy.com Oh and if you're on the West side, we might be able to arrange local pickup or delivery...just ask! ;)

nate

Fri, 18 May 2007 04:19:38 -0500

I grew up in harlem and we always used to get them from Veniero's and Bruce's. We some other bakeries, but veniero's was always reliable. We'd also gorge out on them at Nathan's in Yonkers, although we knew they were boxed. Once you leave new york, good luck finding them or even describing them to people. On my last trip to new york i bought two pounds of them--finishing them in two days flat. I'll freeze a pound on my next trip.

Rachel

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:18:38 -0500

The best tri-color cookie I've ever had is at Nussbaum and Woo bakery on 113th st and broadway. very moist, good almond flavor, thick but not too think.

Sally

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:08:50 -0500

Tasty Pastry - 13th Ave - where else? Brooklyn!

Cinnamon

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:32:34 -0500

I share your love of tri-color cookies. I'm wondering if anyone has recommendations on adapting a recipe to be not so sweet, a bit lighter/spongier and be soaked in amaretto? Could've sworn I had something like this sometime in New York!

jac2jah2

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:07:37 -0500

Try the Giuta's Meat Farms out in Patchogue-Meford, Long island. The had some really good cookies moist....kinda like betweena cake and brownie texture. Super moist! but not so say that the texture of the cookie was scrificed by that super moistness.

lorraine

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:25:02 -0500

My mom made the best tri-color cookies. Anyone who tasted them could never eat one from a bakery again. They're that good! My mom has since passed away and my daughter, Suzanne, has taken over the baking. Hers are just as delicious.

Brian

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:34:37 -0500

The best Rainbow cookies I've found are Ebingers and La Bella Ferrara on 108 Mulberry St NYC (not Ferrara). They are a 5. Try them!!! Brian

Dennis T Cheung

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:34:48 -0500

I know this was posted in 2003, but I guess inflation has taken its toll... rainbow cookies are now $7.99 a pound even at a basic supermarket. :( http://www.decheung.com/2006/11/a-guide-to-rainbow-cookies.html

jim

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:43:15 -0500

It may sound crazy but the best Tri-colored cookies I have ever had are from the King Kullen bakery (a super market chain on Long Island). I have tried them from many fancy bakeries on Long Island and Manhattan I have not had any better. Just the right size, moist when fresh and excellent chocolate to cake ratio. I haven't tried every King Kullen but I have tried three or four and they were very consistient.

Deb

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:39:18 -0500

http://magazines.ivillage.com/goodhousekeeping/recipefinder/recipe/0,,398854,00.html Link for VENETIAN COOKIE RECIPE

bobbee

Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:04:48 -0500

A cookie by any other name will still taste good. I have been making these cookies for many years now. My inlaws will not come over for Christmas unless I make them. This year I started teaching my 20 year ole niece how to make them. If you try them yourself the best receipe is the one where you split the eggs and whip the whites to fold in later. ALSO, 3 good matching SILVERSTONE matching cookie sheets (now you don't have to line the pans) and a large (5") flat plastic icing spreader (like the ones you would use for the side of a cake) make the job MUCH easier!!!!!

Leigh

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:47:16 -0500

because i to have been on the search, and have been for about 5 years on the east coast and elsewhere - i will share what i know to be the best "rainbow cookie" in new york. i have driven far for a taste, had them shipped to me overnight, shipped them to others and woken up in the middle of the night with cravings for these babies. i want them to make a large "rainbow cookie" for my wedding - and had already put in a request for them to start thinking about it. but, as of now, they make them in small and large (about 5-6 "cookies" worth) expensive, but worth every fresh bite. Bruce's Bakery New York City 1045 1st Avenue New York, NY 10022 http://www.brucesbakery.com/ (they also have a location in great neck, on long island)

bettina

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 01:13:19 -0500

I've been a lurker, but since pastries are close to my heart, this topic made me decide to stop being antisocial. Try the tricolore (but they call them rainbow) at the Hungarian Pastry shop in Morningside Heights. The fact that they are freshly made in store at least every other day promises moist cakey texture in bite-size pieces. PS: Buy them by the piece, not weight, since these are heavy little squares.

toby

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 18:03:57 -0500

Prep Time: 45 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes Ready in: 10 Hours 30 Minutes

Jen

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 11:03:28 -0500

When I was doing a little digging yesterday, I found a recipe for "Italian Napoleon cookies" that seem to fit the bill also. (Note: It's almond paste, not almost paste, in the ingredients.)

jake

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 10:49:12 -0500

i knew the "rainbow" cookie debate would eventually rear its head. my position is that these cookies should only be called "tri-colors" because they are based on the Italian flag- a flag that is often referred as a the italian tri-color. calling them rainbow cookies is like calling a hamentashen a "triangle" cookie- it doesn't do justice to the history.

mica

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 10:42:13 -0500

Hey! We called those rainbow cookies at my house. I wonder if there's even some official name for the tri-color cookies? They are fab and very fresh at Nuccio's on Ave. U in Brooklyn, if you're wanting to travel that far.

Bee

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 00:45:21 -0500

In my family, we call the cookies "crap." (Classy, I know.) It's because my grandfather used to take my father and his other two sons to the bakery and come home with the cookies and my classy grandmother would scream "Why are you bringing that crap in my house!"

callalillie

Sun, 08 Jun 2003 22:14:21 -0500

P.S. Be careful with your rainbow cookie quest-- many bakeries order their Italian cookies in bulk, boxed. Yuck. Though Rocco's are a bit bigger, they look more like they were hand made (though I agree about the dryness).

callalillie

Sun, 08 Jun 2003 22:10:57 -0500

Might I suggest Caputo's in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. YUM.