When I was a kid, if there was a half-gallon of Neopolitan ice cream in the freezer, I'd just scoop from the chocolate slice, avoiding the strawberry and vanilla. People used to yell at me. I have no idea why.
This recipe calls for putting the ingredients, all at once, into the bowl of an electric mixer. I wondered about this and almost creamed the butter first then added the sugar, egg and so on, but in the end did what the recipe called for. When I turned the mixer on it was a very dry, crumbly mixture and I thought it would never come together. But sure enough, after a few minutes it did and made a delicious, easy to handle dough.
Divide the dough into three parts. I weighed the dough and had 13 ounces for each layer. Tint one part with red food coloring and add almond flavoring. Add 1/4 cup cocoa to another part of the dough. To the last part of dough, add one-half cup chopped almonds. After lining a loaf pan with waxed paper, press the dough into the bottom; one layer on top of the other. Cover the top layer with another sheet of waxed paper and refrigerate at least four hours.
Remove the dough from the pan and cut in in half lengthwise.
Then cut each strip into 16 pieces. I did this by cutting the entire strip in half. Then I cut those halves in half. Then I cut those pieces in half, and so on. This way you get cookies that are evenly sized.
The slices go onto a parchment lined baking sheet for 16-18 minutes at 350F.
These are very pretty cookies and they taste good, too! I have a friend who makes them for Christmas and tints them red, white and green.
Does anyone else have a set of these Flintstone glasses from McDonald's? The mark on the bottom says made in France, 1993. I don't remember if you had to buy a Happy Meal in order to purchase the glasses, but I did get a set back in 1993. Kids like to drink milk out of them. Some adults I know do, too!
We would of made good sisters because I used to scoop around the chocolate. These looks so pretty and real yummy!
ReplyDeleteKaren, these cookies are so cool!
ReplyDeleteI'd always eat the chocolate, my sis would eat the strawberry. The vanilla would stay in the carton 'til it was diseased with freezer burn. :-)
Lookin good! What an easy recipe. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteit kind of looks like liquorice allsorts only bigger :)
ReplyDeleteand I always liked vanilla best - weird maybe
What a great recipe. I've never had these cookies before but I know I would love them - Neopolitan ice cream is my favorite flavor.
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I'm with you on the chocolate. My family used to yell at me, too, and I couldn't figure out why, either. I very generously left all the strawberry and vanilla for them. LOL.
ReplyDeleteI was the same way withe chocolate, too! I love how pretty these cookies are, and will have to add them to the holiday cookie list.
ReplyDeleteThese cookies look perfect, I love your pictures, they showcase the cookies very well!
ReplyDeleteLove the look of these and anything with almond will eventually end up in my belly :) Thanks for this one!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I just can't understand why anyone would yell at you for scraping the chocolate out of the neapolitan-- is there another way to eat it??? Or as it was labelled at our grocery, the Van-Choc-Straw. These cookies look so pretty and tasty! :) K
ReplyDeleteI will have to try and make these. They sound so simple and I love them. I havent done them myself before. They look so pretty.
ReplyDeleteThose look wonderful! I would love to try them!
ReplyDeleteI used to make these cookies at Christmas too. I have stopped baking at Christmas because I end up eating it ALL! I do love those cookies though. I would love to drink out of a Flintstone glass too. Yabba dabba dooooo!
ReplyDeleteI've made these cookies...once. But now of course, I WANT THEM. So, um, it would be nice if you invited me over for a cup of coffee neighbor.
ReplyDeleteI had Flintstone Jelly-jar's which we used as glasses. From the 60's and 70's. I don't have any now, but we used to. LOL
I don't remember the McDonalds Flintstone glasses.
I think I'll make your neopolitan cookies for Operatin Baking Gals.. we mail to the troops next week.
What cute cookies and they sound so tasty with the almond and chocolate combo!
ReplyDeleteok, Karen! LOL I used to cut away everything but the vanilla, so I understand. (and everyone got mad at me too!)
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic. We do vanilla, chocolate and pistachio. Either way..thanks for reminding me about them :)
xox
What fun cookies these are - and I'll bet they create conversation that's second to none.
ReplyDeleteThese cookies look fantastic but I love the memories they bring back of neapolitan ice cream. Do they still make it? (I don't let myself near the ice cream freezers any more). I was definitely chocolate-girl but my sister loved strawberry. That left poor, 'plain' vanilla . . .
ReplyDeleteAww, this reminds me of my childhood, which is the last time I had neopolitan ice cream. Yummy!!!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! We would get along well, I'd always take the vanilla ice cream out.
ReplyDeleteKaren, those are so pretty and excellent tutorial!
ReplyDeleteHad to giggle about the ice cream... me, too! *grin*
Hope you have a delightful day. xo~m.
What a beautiful and colorful cookies Karen!
ReplyDeleteThese are really cool! Great recipe Karen!
ReplyDeleteI haven't thought of Neopolitan ice cream in forever!
ReplyDeleteThese look terrific Karen. I did the same thing with the Neopolitan
ReplyDeleteice cream. ( I still do!)
First of all, those glasses are the coolest ever! We had a set of the Flinstone jelly jars that we used for juice glasses until, sadly, they all broke over the years.
ReplyDeleteThese cookies look fabulous! Yummy and cool to look at.
I have never seen anything like these. Amazing. I do have an issue with red colouring; I wonder how a little pureed raspberries would work instead. Thanks for the great idea.
ReplyDeleteThese cookies are so pretty, they do remind me of the ice cream :). I actually went for the strawberry and vanilla and left the chocolate behind.
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