How to Make Italian Rainbow Cookies, Absolutely Delicious | Dan and Garden Update
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you can rub the almonds in the towel and they will be peeled afterwards
Helene in Sweden
I canned with my mom growing up in Washington State, Yakima, WA… we canned everything! My dad hunted way up through British Columbia for Deer, Elk,and an occasional Pheasant…I continue to can but not in too huge quantities anymore.. I’ve taught my Peruvian Husband to can and he Loves it😳❣️
You and Dan are such hard workers for your family. It’s really inspiring. The cake looked delicious. Have a wonderful week Chelsea.
Fantastic time with you as you create beauty all around you! I love hearing the kids comments; they are very fortunate to grow up with such loving, creative parents! Thanks for sharing & blessings to all 🤗🇨🇦
I love canning. I’ve had a freeze dryer for two years but I’ve been canning for 50 years! I prefer it over freeze drying.
I did can tomatoes in January, because I had like 300 lbs in the freezer. Lol
I can’t imagine starting corn and squash in pots. We direct sow, even in northern Michigan.
Your Italian cookies look fantastic!!
We make them every Christmas, it's a family tradition for cookie weekend. We do all our cookies and candy for Christmas the second weekend in December. Then everyone make their own containers for their families .
Who needs food colors? Those are grand! You did a great job. Jean Colorado USA
Freeze dried strawberries or cherries would add a vibrant color to your batter, as well😊
Chelsea you and Dan are great at most stuff you do, that's why i love your channel so much. Plus the way you explain everything to thickos like me. I can actually understand what you're explaining to me. I might not be able follow you for a while my husband is going in to get a triple bypass very soon. Thank goodness my son is here but as soon as everything goes the way it should do. I will be back i hope everything works out for you all in the meantime. And as i always say super Dan he really deserves that name. Hope to speak to you all soon.
Prayers for your husband👍👍👍
Best wishes for this challenging time!
Thanks for your kind thoughts I will keep an eye on my favourite channel, and the lovely people it's just I won't be able to catch it live for a little while. But I still love watching the subscribers going up personally I wish it was a lot quicker the work they put in to it they deserve it.
Id love to see you make Nanaimo bars and show the rest of the world, theyre very underrated
I have been canning for 30 to35 years. Gardening and canning has always been my passion. This year I lost my husband and no need to keep doing it any more. I will still grow a few things in pots for myself. Sad time for me....
I’m so deeply sorry for your loss - I can only imagine how sad you must be. Hugs to you. ♥️
Sorry for your loss🙏🙏🙏
@@LittleMountainRanch Another widow here, deeayers. You still need to eat. Think about canning connivence foods for yourself in pints -- sausage to add to omelets, chili, soup, etc. We have to take care of ourselves.
@deesayers4038 Please be kind to yourself for these next months. I’m so sorry for your loss, I can’t imagine.
I’m so sorry for the loss of your husband. It’s got to be one of the worst times in a person’s life to lose your mate. My Dad is going through that and has been for the past two years. We talk about mom all the time and I miss her every single day but for my dad it’s a whole other experience it’s like a part of him has gone. It’s so sad. My heart and deepest condolences go out to you.❤️🥰🙏🏻🇨🇦🍁
I love anything with almond paste. Although I'm Canadian, for some of my childhood I was a Dane.
The Cosmo made me smile. A couple of summers ago our neighbour plucked some Cosmos from her yard to replant in ours. Every spring they reseed themselves and grow to 6 or 7 feet. They are actually starting to become a bit of a nuisance since they are taller than most of our perennials and are sreading everywhere.
I Love watching you try new things!! Yum!! Your ranch is so fun!! All your hard work is so paying off!! Thanks for taking us along on all the amazing things you’re doing❤
I love that you don't use a microwave.. (I have not seen you use one anyway). And sweet Peas are one of my favorite flowers.
grew up in a Brooklyn Italian neighborhood- where great bakeries were everywhere- and rainbow cookies were a sunday staple with dinner- they have food coloring on each layer of cake-(Usially in the order of the Italian flag) some bakeries also added yellow coloring- usually use apricot jam in between- my daughter and her cousin have made them at home also- will show her this recipe - so different from the NYC version- looks good
We get almond paste in the USA grocery store, in baking aisle, canned by a company called Solo. Glad to learn how to make it.
Hi Chelsea, I enjoy watching your videos!
I am Italian, I have been living in Italy all my life, I love baking, and actually I bake a lot, but I have never heard of or seen those rainbow cookies.... Reading the comments, I suppose they are more like an Italian-American recipe....
As it happens very often, Americans call "Italian" or consider as "Italian" some recipes that you could never find in Italy.... and I confess it hurts, because we care so much about our wonderful quality food and our millenial culture....
I am sure it is meant as a compliment. We make Dutch Baby Pancakes and the Dutch have never heard of such a thing!
These were probably started by Italian emigrants to celebrate their Italian heritage. The fact that the food colouring reflects the colours of the Italian flag is an indication of why they are called Italian rainbow cakes.
If I were you I wouldn’t be so hurt because this is probably an attempt by Italian-Americans to celebrate their ethnicity.
Us Irish have to put up with Irish-Americans calling St. Patrick’s day Pattys day, and posting gifs of four leaf clovers instead of the three leaf shamrock. And don’t get me started on the leprechaun thing!😂❤
What fun! Certainly a celebration worthy treat. Your plants look great and your little garden in a planter turned out so pretty.
Awesome, this video 'jumps right in' again (like you used to do), instead of the preview-intro-thingy ... thanks so much; love it! 😍
Freeze dried beets or strawberries make great powder for color, or even blueberries
The water from boiled beetroot also makes a great food dye. I've used it a lot and it can be frozen in ice cube trays.
you could use powdered freeze dried strawberries for the red color.
I like to add the crookneck squash to my veggie soups.
Those are the color of the Italian flag. Look wonderful and I love marzipan/almond paste. Quite a project though.
That makes sense!
Chelsea, I make the rainbow cookies for Christmas.I Did buy pans from Williams Sonoma that are 9x12x1. I've filled them with raspberry and with apricot filling. Got overly ambitious and put chocolate on the sides too. The almond paste is $6.49 for an 8oz. box here in New York. You can also make macaroons and pignolli cookies (my favorite). When my sister had her babies she requested my brother-in-law to bring a pound box of rainbow cookies to the hospital. A family favorite. I never have but my friend freezes them whole and takes it out when company comes.
Hibiscus powder is a great red food coloring alternative.
I so look forward to your videos. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and life!
Blessings!
Good job Dan - things are looking good. Plants are looking great Chelsea! The cookies looked great. Good video!
Im a newbie here and I enjoy your videos! Your voice is so soothing to me and along with your awesome content, your soothing voice helps to relax! Thank you for that! Blessings!
Hello from Seattle. Love seeing the homestead but miss seeing the cute baby animals. I thought you were going to use dehydrated strawberries or cherries for the color. Matcha was a great idea. Thanks for sharing your world❣
Nice to see you Chelsea. That recipe looks great! My favorite is almond. Marzipan is my downfall for sure.I purchased some natural food color at a organic store and they are great. I really don't think it needs any color with all the beautiful flavoring in the batter and good chocolate. I had a friend that worked in a fancy hotel downtown Vancouver and I was able to get my hands on a 5 lb yes 5 lb block of marzipan. I made german stollen for Christmas. Needless to say friends and a couple of neighbors received a loaf for a gift. You must try it Chelsea. It is so fun to try new recipes. I have been baking cakes and gingerbread houses for years and in my buttercreams my favorite is Italian buttercream. Today for the first time I am trying Russian buttercream. It is just butter vanilla pinch of salt and condensed milk. Nice not to use the icing sugar. I guess that is why the Italian buttercream rules for my family. All your plants are doing so well. We should be able to plant things pretty soon. I usually wait till May long weekend. So excited. Mom taught me to can at a very young age to and thank her for it all the time. I miss her dearly but everytime I can it is great memories for me. Thank you Chelsea for another great video.
They sell them in Maine at our Italian grocery store called Micucci’s! ❤
I have a “few” years on you, Chelsea, but I feel the same about canning. I still love it. And having the jars on the counter for probably too long to admire will always be a thing. Finally they make their way to storage. Be well, lovely family. ❤️
Freeze dried beet powder colors great
Almond paste is available in the US grocery stores; I’ve bought it before.
I’m Italian from NYC… they look fabulous
They were always a treat from the Italian bakeries
I was thinking about freeze dried beets for the pink?
I love watching your channel
Have a great day
That’s a great idea!! I’ll do that this year.
I might try them… it’s only time and right now without preserving too much, time is what I have. I’m in the lower 48, Seattle area… so most of my cool weather veg are in… getting ready to plant out tomatoes next week.
Enjoyed the video 😊
YUM!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
I love freeze dried fruit powder for dye. I find strawberry powder does a good red
Thanks for sharing👍🌺👍🌺👍🌺
Try red and green frosting in the cakes.
Great video!
They look fantastic!❤
Thank you.
I've used some beet juice or the water from cooking beets for a food dye. Watered down spinach juice for the green.
Looks yummy!
Thank you! You are a blessing!❤️
Thanks so much for another great video. Thank you for sharing.
Love this challenge will give them a try. Thank you for sharing
Looks absolutely delicious! Great video! You know what funny. Just recently we had a random sunflower sprout out of one of our vegetable plants. It's beautiful! I hope we get more. 😊🌻
Yum!
i have never heard of rainbow cookies. it must be from another region than what my family is from..they look good though
Always enjoy watching your videos! You are positive , inspiring and encouraging to me and to others !
Trust in Our Lord , take one day at a time and watch more videos like yours! We can be aware of what is going on in the world and do what we can and what is necessary but FOCUS on OUR LORD! God bless you and your family!🧚🏻🧚🏻🧚🏻❤️
Thank you for the info on the rhubarb canning
Amazon has a natural set of food colorings for like $6. I believe the brand is Watkins. They aren’t super vibrant, but are still fun.
I've started some yellow crookneck squash too. I believe its more resistant to the pests that are so damaging to other squash. Hope so!
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Beet root powder makes a good dye.
Could you tell me the name of the vid where you made newspaper bags for the garden? ❤❤❤
The ones I have seen are more the two bite size like a tea cookie at Christmas. Seeing all you went through I now know why they are so pricey at the bakery. Hello from Chicago. ❤
Wonder if putting blanched almonds in a mason jar and shaking would make peeling quicker?
I’m not a huge almond fan. Could I use blanched almonds and vanilla extract for the paste?
Btw- it’s nice to be reminded of all of the things one could still make from scratch with a bit of time and effort.
The rainbow cookies can be seen in any Italian bakery in the NY City/NJ area😊
OMG!!! Pet the poor kitty in the greenhouse. 😂😂
lol - she gets her fair share!
Chelsea why didn’t you try your creation? I’d love to know what you thought of it. 🥰❤️🙏🏻🍁🇨🇦
Are the chocolate chips tempered? If they are, try to melt it on a lower heat, then the chocolate will stay tempered (not melt so fast on you fingers) Of it is not tempered, you can do that yourself without adding anything. Chocolate can be tempered over and over again.
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I love these little cakes. I buy some every year from a bakery in New York. I think I need to try and make them this year. Question, why do you not put your tomato and pepper seedlings in the high tunnel rather than the greenhouse? Is it due to the warmth or something else? As I’m not a gardener I know there is a logical reason. Thanks Chelsea. ❤️❤️Jane
It’s a warmly issue. I’ll move them out as soon as it’s safe.
Isn’t marzipan almond paste?
Not the kind we make - ours is more a bar, but maybe traditional marzipan is.
I think so too.
They are a bit different. When I bought marzipan from a Dutch bakery (to use for homemade danishes), she asked if I want marzipan or almond paste.
To make marzipan you mix 8 oz almond paste with 2 cups confectioners sugar and 1/4 cup corn syrup. I use a double boiler to warm up the almond paste.
Almond paste has twice the amount of almonds than marzipan
I love all your videos! Thanks!
I make rainbow cookies along with 12 other cookies for Christmas every year. I make cookie trays for friends and family as gifts.
Did the matcha give it that earth flavour?
I don’t remember if you ever let us know how to save seeds for the next growing season. I do a very small garden and only potted flowers, the deer do not allow me to do anything else. I order seeds and so many are wasted for lack of growing space.
6:35 almond paste? Isn't that just marzipan you made?
Close but not quite the same as far as I understand.
Hi Chelsea. Can you water bath everything or some things need to be pressure cooked? I have a stock pot I don't want to invest in a pressure cooker yet since I don't know how to can food yet. I have foods growing in the garden I'm thinking I might try to water bath the excess. Now my dilemma is how to know how long to water bath what vegetables and how do I know if I need to add salt or vinegar or anything else in.
Some things ( lo acid items such as meat and beans) must be pressure canned. And pressure canned and pressure cooked are two different things. I’m sure Chelsea will hop on here and give us her best tips in her guide she spoke about
Chelsea does a lot of pressure canning and follows most governments guidelines.. but if u follow ruthanne Zimmerman from homesteading with the Zimmerman's she teaches how her basically Amish heritage has been water-bath canning everything for over a hundred years.. it was interesting to watch but I have yet to have the guts to try it
Fruits (including tomatoes), jams and jellies, and pickled anything can be water bath canned using approved recipes. Veggies and meats either need pressure canned or frozen.
Vegetables need to be pressure canned because they are low acid, unless you pickle them. High acid fruits can be water bath canned.
Isn’t almond paste called marzipan?
🇦🇺QQQ How to can non oily fish? Whiting, Barramundi, Hoki etc.
I wonder if your garlic roller would speed up peeling off the almond skins …
I had that thought too, but it really didn’t take that long with the towel.
Try coloring with beet juice. It is so mild that it won’t overpower flavor.
reciepe pease
Cake batter? I thought you were making cookies
I know, it’s weird but they are called Italian Rainbow cookies even though it’s definitely more of a cake.
Cake looks good, but way too much work for me.
Right to the point, this video was the best gift for my soul!🎁