Classic Rainbow Cookies

Thank you Regina for another amazing recipe. A classic recipe for everyone’s favorite cookie, the Rainbow Cookie! With this simple recipe, you will have the most delicious and beautiful cookie to show off and enjoy.

A message from Regina: My good friend Nancy gave me this recipe a very long time ago. I have been making it for years and my family loves them.

Now that Regina has shared this amazing cookie recipe with me, I am sharing with all of you. The moist cake like cookie filled with just the right amount of almond flavor and seedless jam. Topped off with deep, dark chocolate. How divine. These have to be the most beautiful cookie too. This recipe looks even more beautiful than any bakery. Best of all, they are homemade. Bake some up and watch everyone dive right into these cookies first before they go after any other dessert. What a showstopper!

Classic Rainbow Cookies

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tsp pure almond extract
• 2 sticks melted salted butter
• 1  cup all purpose flour
• Seedless raspberry jam
• 12-oz package dark chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Beat eggs. Add sugar and almond extract. Add melted butter slowly. Add flour.
2. Divide batter into thirds. Add 10 drops of red food dye into one portion. Add 10 drops of green food dye into another.
3. Grease with butter 3 oblong cake pans (approx. 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/4). Add batter. Bake 10 minutes at 350. Watch so you do not over bake. The cake should look dry with tiny holes, like a piece a bread. Cool cake.
4. Layer cake. On a piece of wax paper on a cookie sheet place one cake layer. Spread jam. Add another cake layer. Spread jam. Top with remaining cake layer. Add another piece of wax paper, then cookie sheet on top. Place a weight onto cake to flatten.
5. Note: I place it in the refrigerator overnight at this point. My friend never did and her’s always came out fine.
6. Melt chocolate chips. Spread 1/2 on top. Refrigerate until set. Flip cake and cover with remaining chocolate. Refrigerate until set.
7. Cut into 1 inch cubes.

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Classic Rainbow Cookies

Thank you Regina for another amazing recipe. A classic recipe for everyone's favorite cookie, the Rainbow Cookie! With this simple recipe, you will have the most delicious and beautiful cookie to show off and enjoy.

Course Christmas Desserts, Dessert

Cuisine American, Italian

Keyword Christmas Cookies, Christmas Dessert Table, Christmas Gifts, classic recipes, cookies

Author Regina

Ingredients

• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 sticks melted salted butter
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• seedless raspberry jam
• 12 ounce bag dark chocolate chips
• 2 tsp pure almond extract

Instructions

1. 1.Beat eggs. Add sugar and almond extract. Add melted butter slowly. Add flour.

   2.Divide batter into thirds. Add 10 drops of red food dye into one portion. Add 10 drops of green food dye into another.

   3.Grease with butter 3 oblong cake pans (approx. 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/4). Add batter. Bake 10 minutes at 350. Watch so you do not over bake. The cake should look dry with tiny holes, like a piece a bread. Cool cake.

   4.Layer cake. On a piece of wax paper on a cookie sheet place one cake layer. Spread jam. Add another cake layer. Spread jam. Top with remaining cake layer. Add another piece of wax paper, then cookie sheet on top. Place a weight onto cake to flatten.

   5.Note: I place it in the refrigerator overnight at this point. My friend never did and her’s always came out fine.

   6.Melt chocolate chips. Spread 1/2 on top. Refrigerate until set. Flip cake and cover with remaining chocolate. Refrigerate until set.

   7.Cut into 1 inch cubes.

Recipe Notes

Enjoy!