Gina's Italian Butter Cookies

Omg. These were easy to make. And so yummy too. I always make them

We do date night cooking classes. Whenever an Italian dish is made we serve these for dessert. Always a BIG hit. Chef David Bittle My Father's Table

I make them with 1 cup of Sweet & Low.

Absolutely delicious. The only issue I encountered was that the almond paste was kinda hard to incorporate with the creamed sugar mixture. Make sure you soften it and add small pieces of it at a time. I did not do it that way so it was clumpy and had to loosen it up with a fork. Piping it through a bag was also a lot of effort but for me it’s worth it. Will be putting raspberry preserves in the middle to make a cookie sandwich and will dip one end of it in chocolate and sprinkles, just like what I had from an Italian bakery in Jersey City. Try it out and you won’t regret it. It’s a delicious recipe for sure.

Good but not as much almond flavor as I would like. Also VERY difficult to pipe via pastry bag if you are not a lumberjack! I managed to finish but my wrists/hands almost gave up!

It was good but I wasn't able to pipe it out through a pastry bag though. But it tasted like heaven.

I made my own almond paste because I was unable to find any in-stock locally. I would recommend using a larger pastry bag to reduce number of refills at least a 12 in. I also used parchment paper to be able to transfer from pan easier