Best 8 Marks Spumoni Cookies Recipes

ITALIAN SPUMONI COOKIES

Steps:

• Let cookie dough stand at room temperature 5-10 minutes to soften. In a large bowl, beat cookie dough and 3/4 cup flour until combined. Divide dough into three portions., Add remaining flour, cherries and if desired red food coloring to one portion. Add cocoa and liqueur to the second portion. Add pistachios and if desired green food coloring to the remaining portion., Roll each portion between two pieces of waxed paper into an 8x6-in. rectangle. Remove waxed paper. Place cherry rectangle on a piece of plastic wrap. Layer with chocolate and pistachio rectangles; press together lightly. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight., Preheat oven to 375°. Cut chilled dough in half widthwise. Return one rectangle to the refrigerator. Cut remaining rectangle into 1/4-in. slices. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough., Bake 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool 2 minutes before removing to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.

SPUMONI COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and the sugar for about 2 minutes.
• Add the egg and the vanilla and mix until combined.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking powder. Whisk together to mix well.
• Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix just until combined.
• Divide the dough into thirds and place in separate bowls. (I weighed my dough and ended up with 750 grams total. I divided this into 250 grams in each bowl. You don't have to weigh though! You can absolutely eyeball this!)
• In one bowl, add the pistachios, the Amaretto OR almond extract, and the green food coloring. Mix well to combine. Wear gloves to keep from staining your hands! Set aside.
• In the second bowl, add the cherries, Kirsch (if using) and red food coloring. Mi well to combine. Set aside.
• In the third bowl, add the melted chocolate and mix well to combine.
• On a floured countertop, or on parchment or silpat, roll each colored dough into a long rope. Place side by side and rub a little water on the sides where they meet to help the dough stick together.
• Using a rolling pin, roll the three colors out to about 1/4 inch thick. With a knife or rotary cutter, slice pieces that are approximately 1 inch wide. Transfer to 2 parchment lined baking sheets. Refrigerate until the oven comes up to temperature.
• Preheat oven to 375F.
• Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browned on the edges. Allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack and cool completely. Store airtight at room temperature for up to 5 days.

ITALIAN SPUMONI COOKIES ("SPUMOOKIES")

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until combined. Add in the whole egg, egg yolk and almond and vanilla extracts. Mix until incorporated.
• Slowly fold the flour mixture into the sugar-egg mixture with a rubber spatula until even. Fold in the chocolate chips, pistachios and cherries.
• Divide the batter into about 1/4 cup balls and space about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes. Rotate the sheets 180 degrees, switch racks and then bake until slightly golden brown, an additional 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool, and eat on Christmas morning with a hot cup of coffee and amongst piles of wrapping paper and elated pajama'd kids.

SPUMONI CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter and egg until soft dough forms. Stir in cherries, chocolate chunks and nuts.
• On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls (or use level 3 tablespoon-size scoop) about 2 inches apart.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely.

SPUMONI SLICES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. Divide dough in three portions. Stir chocolate into one portion. Add pecans and green food coloring to the second portion. Add cherries, almond extract and red food coloring to the third. , Roll each portion between two pieces of waxed paper into an 8x6-in. rectangle. Remove waxed paper. Place chocolate rectangle on a piece of plastic wrap. Top with the green and pink rectangles; press together lightly. Wrap with plastic and chill overnight., Cut chilled dough in half lengthwise. Return one rectangle to the refrigerator. Cut remaining rectangle into 1/8-in. slices. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. , Bake at 375° for 5-7 minutes or until set. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks. Repeat with remaining dough.

SPUMONI COOKIES

Steps:

• In bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt, and set aside.
• In large bowl, using electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter, sugar and egg until light and creamy, about 3 minutes.
• On low speed, gradually add flour mixture and mix until smooth.
• Divide dough into thirds.
• With wooden spoon, stir melted chocolate into one portion.
• Stir pistachios - with enough green food coloring to make pastel dough - into the second portion.
• Stir cherries, almond extract and enough red coloring to make pink dough into the third portion.
• To distribute food coloring evenly, knead dough using palm of hand. Add a little coloring at a time until right shade is reached. Color will lighten some during baking.
• Line 12-by-2-by-2-inch empty wax-paper box with plastic wrap or wax paper.
• Press pink dough evenly into box.
• Cover with chocolate dough and then green dough.
• Press down firmly to make even layers.
• Cover and chill until firm, at least 3 hours.
• Fifteen minutes before baking, preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cut roll into 1/4-inch slices.
• Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven 7-11 minutes or until set and lightly browned around edges.
• Cool for 5 minutes on sheet and then transfer to rack and cool completely.

SPUMONI CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour and baking soda; set aside.
• Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in the instant pudding mix until well combined. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture. Fold in the chocolate chips, cherries, and pistachios. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased baking pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until light brown, about 10 minutes.

MARK'S SPUMONI COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Mix butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla. Blend thoroughly. Stir in flour and salt. Divide dough into 3 equal parts. To the first part add melted chocolate. Mix well. To second part add pistacio nuts and 1-2 drops green food coloring. Mix well. To the third part add cherries, rum extract, and 2-3 drops red food coloring. Mix well.
• 2. Shape each part into a 16 inch long by 3 inch wide flat rectangle. Layer colors on top of each other with the chocolate dough in the center. Press dough together to make a loaf shaped bar. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill dough for at least 2 hours.
• 3. When ready to bake preheat oven to 375 degrees. Slice cookies 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for about 8 minutes. Do NOT overbake. Cookies should not be brown but when lightly touched there should be no imprint left behind. Remove from oven and cool on wire racks.