When it comes to delectable treats, spumoni chunk cookies stand out as a true delight. Originating from the vibrant streets of New York City, these cookies boast a unique combination of flavors and textures that have captivated taste buds for generations. With their chewy and dense cookie base, generously studded with luscious chunks of spumoni ice cream, these cookies offer an irresistible symphony of flavors and sensations. Whether you are an avid baker or simply someone with a sweet tooth, embarking on the journey to create these spumoni chunk cookies promises an unforgettable culinary experience.
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SPUMONI CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
This is an Italian-inspired twist on an American tradition. My family loves spumoni ice cream, so I decided I'd try to alter my chocolate chip recipe to fancy them. In this creation, cherries and pistachios liven up already delicious chocolate chip cookies.
Provided by Serafina
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 30m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 11
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 247.4 calories, Carbohydrate 32.2 g, Cholesterol 35.8 mg, Fat 13.1 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 7.6 g, Sodium 179.1 mg, Sugar 19.4 g
SPUMONI CHUNK COOKIES
Prize-Winning Recipe 2009! Cherries, chocolate and pistachios transform sugar cookie mix into a flavorful "spumoni" burst.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 6
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 210, Carbohydrate 27 g, Cholesterol 20 mg, Fat 2, Fiber 1 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 4 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 110 mg, Sugar 18 g, TransFat 1 g
ITALIAN SPUMONI COOKIES ("SPUMOOKIES")
Provided by Jeff Mauro, host of Sandwich King
Time 55m
Yield About 14 large cookies
Number Of Ingredients 12
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.
CHOCOLATE-DIPPED SPUMONI COOKIES
I combined my favorite cookie and ice cream into one dessert. With so many delicious flavors going on, it's hard to eat just one. - Erica Ingram, Lakewood, Ohio
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 30m
Yield about 6 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in 1 cup each pistachios and cherries., Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip each cookie halfway into chocolate, allowing excess to drip off; sprinkle with remaining pistachios and cherries. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 105 calories, Fat 6g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 13mg cholesterol, Sodium 65mg sodium, Carbohydrate 14g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 2g protein.
SPUMONI COOKIES
From the Knoxville News-Sentinel feature article about Christmas cookies, but these would be good year-round. They are very colorful and make a pretty presentation.
Provided by Barb Witherspoon
Categories Dessert
Time 30m
Yield 4 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 12
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 902, Fat 54.6, SaturatedFat 31.5, Cholesterol 174.9, Sodium 570.7, Carbohydrate 94.5, Fiber 3.4, Sugar 38.3, Protein 11.7
ITALIAN SPUMONI COOKIES
These festive cookies look and taste like they're made from scratch. But refrigerated cookie dough makes them a cinch to create. We'll never tell your secret! -Taste of Home Test Kitchen
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 40m
Yield 4 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 8
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 103 calories, Fat 4g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 6mg cholesterol, Sodium 87mg sodium, Carbohydrate 14g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
SPUMONI SLICES (NEAPOLITAN COOKIES)
Make and share this Spumoni Slices (Neapolitan Cookies) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Julesong
Categories Dessert
Time 5m
Yield 84 pieces
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
- Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Gradually add flour and mix well.
- Divide dough into three portions.
- Stir chocolate into one portion; mix well.
- 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 and 8x6-inch 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 wrap and chill overnight. Cut chilled dough in half lengthwise. Return one rectangle to the refrigerator.
- Cut remaining rectangle into 1/8 inch slices.
- Place 1 inch 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.
- Note: for another good and highly reviewed Neapolitan Cookie recipe, take a look at recipe number 47503.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 50, Fat 3, SaturatedFat 1.6, Cholesterol 8, Sodium 20.3, Carbohydrate 5.5, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 2.5, Protein 0.6
SPUMONI CHUNK COOKIES
These extremely easy cookies are always a hit at a cookie exchange. The recipe calls for a 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract, but I actually like to add a few drops more for more almond flavor.
Provided by Donata Natalino @deeleareus
Categories Cookies
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375. In a large bowl stir cookie mix, butter, egg and extract unitl soft dough forms. Stir in cherries, nuts and chocolate.
- On un-greased cookie sheet, drop dough by heaping tablespoons about 2 inches a part
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes until edges are golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie s to cooling racks. Cool completely.
Tips:
- For the best flavor, use high-quality spumoni ice cream. Look for a brand that uses real fruit and nuts.
- If you don't have spumoni ice cream, you can use other flavors of ice cream, such as vanilla, chocolate, or strawberry. Just be sure to use a flavor that you enjoy.
- Be sure to chop the ice cream into small chunks. This will help them distribute evenly throughout the cookie dough.
- Don't overmix the cookie dough. Overmixing will make the cookies tough.
- Bake the cookies until they are just set. Overbaking will make the cookies dry and crumbly.
- Let the cookies cool completely before serving. This will help them firm up and develop their full flavor.
Conclusion:
Spumoni chunk cookies are a delicious and easy-to-make treat. They are perfect for any occasion, from a casual gathering to a special holiday party. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can create these delightful cookies that are sure to be a hit with everyone who tries them.
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