Editorial Reviews
Product Description:Sweet Maria's Italian Cookie Tray presents sixty-five recipes for the delicious, festive cookies that brighten every Italian home, at the holidays and all year-round.
Maria Bruscino Sanchez opened Sweet Maria's bakery when she was just twenty-six years old, specializing in authentic Italian cookies and cakes made from handed-down family recipes. The result has been a booming business, and this very special cookbook.
The irresistible reciples range from drop, molded and filled cookies; biscotti; taralle and biscuits; pizelles, and more. Easy to prepare and perfect for any occasion (or no occasion at all) they include:
Chocolate Almond Macaroons, Pignoli Nut Cookies, Amaretto Biscotti Sesame Cookies, Almond Crescents, Lemon Drop Cookies, Chocolate Puffs, Florentines, Lady Fingers, Sweet Ravioli Cookies, Christmas Honey Clusters, Angel Wings, Cinnamon Nut Bars, and more.
Whether you grew up in an Italian home or just wish you did, this wonderful collection is sure to become a cookie lover's favorite--one you will return to again and again.
Amazon.com Review:Growing up in a close-knit, Italian American family, Maria Bruscino Sanchez was surrounded by tradition: food, customs, and celebrations from the "old country" were lovingly observed, and if the original meaning was sometimes hidden beneath the patina of a new culture, the respect and desire to stay connected to the past remained. As an adult, Sanchez turned family tradition into her livelihood, opening Sweet Maria's bakery in Waterbury, Connecticut, where she re-created the cakes and cookies of her youth--but with a distinctly American twist. With
Sweet Maria's Italian Cookie Tray, Sanchez offers her culinary treasures to an even wider audience; recipes range from drop and molded cookies to filled ones, biscotti and biscuits, taralle and pizelles, and many more. Cookie lovers will find plenty to devour in this compilation of Italian American favorites.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
CHE FIGATA!!!, September 14, 2009
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Glen Hoshizaki (California, USA)
Finally an Italian cookie cookbook with authentic tasting recipies! Every cookie I have made from this book taste amazing. I am working my way through the entire book and have mastered twelve recipes to date. The recipes vary in degree of difficulty from intermediate to advanced. The ingredients and equipment required to make the cookies are basic and easily obtained. Ciao!
Italian Cookie Recipes, June 27, 2009
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Sandy (Learning my heritage)Just what I wanted. Cookies to learn about my Italian heritage. I especially like the short descriptions of each recipe and the history of where the recipes came from, aunts, neighbors, etc.
Looking forward to trying several of the cookies and sharing with friends.
Good cookies, January 12, 2009
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R. Sgroi (Fort Worth, TX)
I admit this is a lower score than maybe is warranted, but the cookies were nothing special. They were good, but then they were made of sugar. I would say, you will be really happy with 3 recipies out of this book, but might learn something from some others. Really not alot of info, but then again, less then 10, dollars.
Italian Bakery at Home, October 26, 2008
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M. B. Taylor (San Diego, CA)
Having grown up in Connecticut amid its wonderful Italian bakeries, I was thrilled to find this cookbook. The fact that the author owns an Italian bakery in Waterbury was enough of a recommendation for me. So far, I have made seven of the cookie recipes, and have enjoyed them all. The only problem I had was running out of pine nuts for the Pignoli cookies. I'll buy twice as many, next time!
One reviewer complained about the lack of photos in the book, so I am posting my own.
Italian Cookie Heaven, October 6, 2008
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RosieI love this book. I have always wanted to know how to make these authentic Italian cookies...and here they are all rolled up into on great book! I think its great!
