7 Layer Cookies--Color Coordinated For Your Wedding Day

We are all familiar with the green, white and pink chocolate covered 7 Layer Cookies found in Italian bakeries around the world, but on the blog Diary of A Mad Hausfrau you'll find versions of these traditional cookies in unique color and flavor combinations.  By changing the colors and sometimes the fillings of these cookies the writer has given every bride ideas on how to color coordinate these cookies to match her wedding colors.  The recipe for the two new versions of these cookies can be found on her blog.  The pink and green versions can be found on earlier posts of this blog. 

Which version you choose will be up to you.  You can choose the traditional cookies (shown above) or some of the more up to date versions in assorted colors, some more spring-like, some for fall.  OK, so I stuck you with one more decision to make, just what you needed right?

7-Layer Italian Cookies--Perfect for Showers and Wedding Sweet Tables

Photo courtesy of: http://myitaliangrandmother.blogspot.com/

What Italian wedding or shower would be complete without these beautiful cookies? Although they take some time to make, the patience is well worth it in the end. This recipe is from a fellow blogger, Michele at her great blog, My Italian Grandmother, where she shares great recipes with you. Take the time to browse her blog for other great food ideas.

Rosemarie's 7-Layer Cookies

1 ¼ cup flour
3 eggs (large)
1 cup sugar
3 teaspoons almond extract
2 sticks (melted butter)
1 jar apricot butter or preserves or seedless raspberry preserves
6 oz. bag of semi sweet chocolate morsels
1 tablespoon of oil
Red and green food coloring

3 pans 11x7x1 ½ or approximate size

Mix in bowl with electric mixer (if desired), flour, sugar, almond extract,

eggs, melted butter. Separate into 3 bowls evenly. After which you leave one bowl plain, in 2nd bowl add 8 drops of red and the last bowl add 8 drops of green coloring. Then in greased pans (or parchment lined pans) pour mixture so it covers all of the pan evenly. Bake for 10 minutes at 350. Remove from oven, on wax paper on foil, first turn over green layer, coat lightly with apricot, then white layer over that and coat with preserve. Last red layer melt chocolate in pot with 1 tablespoon of oil. Coat one layer with chocolate, refrigerate until hard then turn over wax paper or foil. Coat second layer, let it get hard then cut and slice.

Enjoy! Share with your friends and family!