Italian Grandma Makes S-Cookies
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- S - COOKIES:
5 lbs All Purpose Unbleached Flour (2.27kg)
2 lbs Sugar (907g)
6 Tbsp Baking Powder (92g)
1 lb Vegetable Shortening (453g)
½ lb Butter (227g)
12 extra large Eggs
6 oz. lukewarm Milk (177ml)
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FAQ:
Who is this lady?
Gina Petitti was born in 1935 in Faeto, Italy. Her family ran a farm in Italy and she met her husband, Vito, in the same town. In 1970 Gina, Vito, and her 4 children immigrated to America. Gina’s husband passed away in 2012, but she is surrounded by a large family, which includes 9 grandchildren, and lives 5 minutes away from her eldest daughter in New Jersey. Gina spends her time cooking, gardening, and being an active member of her local Church.
Where does Gina get her recipes?
Most of these recipes are from what she learned growing up in Italy, but some of them have evolved over time. She has also learned new recipes from friends and family in America. She is always eager to try new things.
Why is no one helping her in the video?
Grandma Gina doesn’t want help! Usually, it’s because we will slow her down or not do it “her way.” For the videos we only show her, but when the camera cuts we jump in and help form the cookies or prep for the next step.
Why don’t we buy her a new...?
Grandma Gina has a closet and garage full of new gadgets, spoons, forks, pots, etc… but she doesn’t like them because she is used to doing it with her old tools. She has fun getting her hands dirty!
Who is behind the camera?
Her retired son-in-law films, her daughter helps her prep, and she usually has one or two grandkids in the kitchen.
Does Gina read the comments?
We print out and show her how much love she gets from all her viewers, and she is very thankful and hopes you enjoy her cooking! Your comments bring her lots of joy, laughter, and inspiration to make more videos to share with you.
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I don’t know Italian or what she sings but it sure warms my heart and makes me cry happy tears! I just love this little lady! I bet her food is delicious 😋
♡~♡~♡ GINA ♡~♡~♡
Beautiful S Cookies!!!
An Italian Favorite! She doesn't mess around with one batch or 2 dozen cookies - the lady makes 225 cookies in one afternoon!!! I love you dearly, Gina. ...YOU ARE MY FAVORITE! I love how you spread the love through your baking and cooking! God broke the mold when He made you....He sure did!!! ♡♡♡
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!
This video brought tears to my eyes Signora Gina reminds me so much of my late sweet dear Mamma Maria who passed away 1year ago. These ladies of this generation are becoming extinct they are/were so hard working and there is nothing they wouldn’t do for their families. They are precious gifts from God. Treasure your beautiful Mamma Gina she is a rare gem just like my Mamma was. I learned so much from her and I want to keep our Italian roots and traditions alive. Keep up the great videos they are very much appreciated. Connie from Montreal Canada 🇨🇦. God bless Signora Gina and her family. 🙏🙏. Ciao !!
Beautiful, Connie, I second that emotion.....long lost traditions still hanging on by a thread....we love these strong, loving women....my mother and grandma's too. ♡♡♡
Beautiful post. So sorry for your loss. Your mother lives on through you, and you honour her by preserving her cultural legacy.
Beautifully said. I've been saying for years that it's so sad to think of how many things will leave this earth when these women are gone. Very sad😞
Aww my deepest sympathies to you and your family. 🙏📿Amen
Every time I watch Grandma Gina, I feel happy like I am back in my own Italian Grandmother and my Great Grandmothers kitchen. I would always get a lesson on how to cook. After all I would grow up and have a husband and children of my own one day, she was right. They too lived just 5 minutes away and walking distance for us grandchildren. I grew up in a small rural town in upstate NY that was compromised mainly of Italian and Irish families, some Spanish (from Spain), Polish and German families as well. We had 2 churches, the Italian church and the Irish church. Everyone knew me as my fathers’s daughter. In other words, I was never called by my first name but always as, “oh, you are so and so’s daughter”...that always gave me a sense of pride and importance, however, misbehavior at church or church functions was not an option, lol. The Italian Community was wonderful to grow up in as a kid, it was like never being alone in the world. Sunday’s always began at church and after the aunts, uncles, cousins would gather at Grandmas for supper. Saturday nights would be dinner at Aunt Dorolea’s home, food galore, but out in the garage was where the fun was, beer on tap, two uncles on the accordion, one on the fiddle, music, singing and dancing!!! That where I learned to polka with my aunt Cheffy! All these memories pour back just hearing Grandma Gina’s voice, her lovely songs and that warm loving smile. I am 62 now, live in CA and I bless the day I found your channel. I am inspired every time and my husband is pretty happy too, for now he gets to enjoy my new recipes from Grandma Gina! Well, time to stop reminiscing and start baking, I have some S cookies to make! My Grandson lives in Georgia, but I am pretty sure the post office will make sure he gets some of Grandma Debbie’s S cookies. Thank you!!!💕💕💕
Deborah Simmons
Thank you for sharing your beautiful memories. 💕
Cookies are great but there is no flavor like vanillla or lemon
These videos are so relaxing at night when you are in your bed. Better than any cooking show on television in my opinion. Great recipe!
I agree!
Me too!!!!
So true!!!I love her it’s pure love it’s just what she does there’s no anxiety there’s no pressure it’s just angelic
Big Thunder. I wait till I get in bed and I watch Gina too! I love her recipes! I make a lot of them!
Me too!!!
I was so glad to see this young beautiful lady today. She always put a smile on my face. God bless her big beautiful heart. Thank you for sharing your wonderful food, beautiful voice, and stories with me.
Her family is very fortunate to have her! God bless this lovely woman.
Dear Gina, I am in awe of you. It's takes enormous upper body strength to mix, knead and roll out these cookies -- and you execute each step with love and respect for every single ingredient. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, as well as the stories behind these recipes. These cookies look delicious. Bless you!
I agree 100%!!! She makes it look easy and effortless, but it's anything but. She is so stinkin' adorable....I want to adopt her....or I want her to adopt me.
@@cherylsyoutubies Yes, Cheryl -- so true! She makes cooking from scratch look easy, and it's anything but! I never met my grandparents, so I consider Gina my "grandmother" from afar. I love watching her videos and hearing the original Italian songs!
Can I just say, I LOVE HER. I feel like I just spent some time with my Grandma. When she started to sing, the tears came. I am Definitely making these..... Thank you so much.💕💕💕
This wonderful woman is kind enough to show everyone how to make her cherished recipe's, with great effort, a smile on her face and a song in her heart. Anyone who doesn't appreciate this with negative comments should look at all this and show some respect. God bless this good woman, mother and grandmother etc.
This is what I call a Queen of Cooks her sharing with us all is unbelievable she holds no secret holds on her recipes she gives to us not just what Ginacooks but her memories of when she was a young girl helping her beloved mother to cook for the family...the storytelling of every plate that Gina cooks she tells to us with such love of remembering who had shown how to cook i have never seen another cook or chef explain their recipes like Nonna Gina does...A BIG GRASSI GINA Te volio Bene...Elida (Jenny)
Watching you and hearing your voice brings me through a looking glass of time to my past. I weep in memory of my mother-n-law who resembled you in so many ways. I miss her more than words can say. Her heart was as big and beautiful as your heart and I know this because your heart shows through your love of cooking and baking for your family. My husband makes your pizza dough all the time and when he does, we always say a blessing for you. You are such a beacon of inspiration to all, especially for those of us who were blessed to have married into an Italian family and taught the true essence of love and the gift of family. Thank you, Gina. You touch my heart in more ways than you will ever know. God bless you and give you a hundred more years of life so that you can cook and bake for your great-grandchildren's children. 🤗🤗
I love how she teaches us all watching as if we were actually there 😍💗
God bless this lady..she is someone very special
Gina, you are one special lady thank you for teaching us your wonderful trade, God Bless You !
Love watching Gina. Reminds me of Italians who married into my family who are from Chiauci, but based in Cincinnati OH. Chiauci is not too far from where Gina is from. The food they could make was unbelievably amazing. I make all Gina's recipes. My 2 favorites is her tomato sauce & her lasagna. Yum!
What an adorable, kindly lady. How generous to share your step-by-step recipes. Baci.
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I don’t know what IT is about some of our elders that just makes you instantly love them, even if they’re not related to you but Ms. Gina you have IT! I really enjoy watching and listening to your stories and singing ❣️❣️❣️ Be well❣️
Gina.... you make me cry, when you sing. You are a wonderful cook.
God bless ❤️
God bless her, she works so hard with a lot of love for her loved ones
looks great
Who's gonna eat all that much
Italians! Food is love and love is food!!
This recipe was the basis of my Nana's anise cookies. Over the years she make with lemon or vanilla, cause only the old timers liked the anise flavored cookies. I miss my Nana's cooking
she is so darling, apart from the great recipes, I enjoy seeing her happy and cheerful mood. It is like a treat for me every time I see a new video from her. Wishing her many more years of healthy life.
Beautifully made, loved the Sign of the Cross and prayer after the eggs ❤ much adoration and respect 😊
My mother use to.make this recipe over 75 years ago when they came to this country and they melted the crisco on qthe stove in the can. Then cooled it down and mixed it. She also added a small cup of milk and used a meat hand grinder with a star tip. When cooled we used confectionary with little milk and either vanilla or lemon extract then we brushed with a pastry brush and when almost dry we put red and green sprinkle s for Christmas.
Gina my Italian grandma ❤️
I love you, when I watch my memories come to life.
So much of you even your pretty face reminds me of my momma.
She like you was full of energy.
I still make a lot of her recipes especially her Italian Fig cookies.
God Bless you ✝️
Nona Gina I love your videos! I get a very warm and happy feeling watching you work very much the same way as watching a Bob Ross painting video. Every time you sing I just close my eyes and smile! Thank you Nona
I find her voice very comforting. 😍
My Grandma T used to make these cookies at all holidays. She would put them in boxes for all us kids, we looked forward to them, I never had her recipes,
a little of this and some of that, she never measured anything, she just knew. Thank you so very much for your vlog and GOD BLESS.😀
Who doesn't love cookies?😁 Your kitchen looks like a bakery Gina, lol! 🎼 We love when you sing🎵 Thank you Gina❤
That was a spectacular effort Gina! It is really a tour de force that you demonstrated making these delightful cookies by hand mixing the dough in the traditional manner. By showing this method it illustrates for everyone how to create them without the use of expensive equipment. Thank you so much for this demonstration, the lovely song, and the eating demonstration. I can't wait for your next video.
Gina - your family is so lucky to have you!!!! I wish I could live in your kitchen!
Nonna Gina always makes enough food to feed an army! Incredibile!
I love Grandma Gina's story about coming to the USA 🇺🇸 So sweet GG ♥️💋♥️💋
Whoa!!!.....that’s a lotta cookie dough!!!.....🤗....🎶🎶🎶🎶halleluYAH!🎶🎶🎶🎶🥰......EVERYBODY ENJOY YOUR COOKIES AND MILK (or coffee)...🤗❤️❤️❤️
Oh my goodness, 225 cookies, whew! I love when you were looking for the pot holders, you are like, "where's the thing, where's the thing?" Thank you for putting the name of your songs.
Her stories always lift my heart up and bring a smile to my face. God bless you Nonna Gina, you bring light to this sometimes dark world!
That makes a nice big batch of cookies, you have a big family to feed. They are so very lucky to have such a wonderful Grandmother, and Mother.
Dear Nakomis (Grandmother),
First, I can’t believe I even have a bowl that big, I use it to make our fry bread 😋
There are times when I’m in the kitchen making something my Mom had taught me, and I feel her with me too when I’m making it. Somehow it makes it even more special. Sometimes, I find myself making a dish just so I can feel closer to my Mom. I can hear her voice and feel her touch. The touches she would give me when showing me how to make that certain recipe. These are not times of sadness, but of happiness. Laughter and smiles would always fill the air.
I remember every time I would visit my Grandmother and Grandfather’s home, I would always have a cookie from their humongous, glass cookie jar. There were always soft, molasses cookies to be eaten. I so loved this plain, glass cookie jar that when they had both passed it had been what I had asked for. My cousins thought I was crazy when I had asked for Grandma’s pots and pans and dish towels too, which I still use almost every day. I knew that every time I would use them, memories of my Grandmother would come flooding back, and they do, happy times.
Thank you Nona Gina for bringing back these beautiful memories and showing us how to create another amazing recipe. Sending you, your family and viewers lot of love, laughter and smiles.
There was a pan grandma ALWAYS had cake in and that was the first thing I asked for along with pot holders and then silverware...I wish I would have thought about the big bowls. I was also looked at weird. I use the pan ever time I bake a cake. Great memories!
The world needs more women like you, Nonna Gina! Love you ❤️
Oh Nonna Gina!, you know what we love!!, and we Love YOU!!
Thank you,
a kiss on both your cheeks, and a hug from my family!!, my kids love your singing too!
We love you Italian Grandma! That’s what my little 5 year old daughter calls you, she likes to listen to you while she plays with her toys and today we made the S cookies! So much fun and so yummy! May God bless you and your family! Thank you for all you do! Love from Texas!
Dear Gina you are a Wonderful person and teacher. I have missed your songs as well. Many Blessings
So many beautiful memories making S Cookies with my Nonni. She’s been gone 40 yrs now but I still make these cookies and her other treats. Coming home from school and having Nonni greet me with a warm, homemade snack, telling her about my day, then helping her prep dinner will always be among my most cherished of memories. Your channel is has a way to bring me back to THE best childhood memories❣️
Oh my .. she sings beautifully! She is precious..
Thank you for sharing Nonna Gina! And for your beautiful singing.Merrill💞
I could listen to you talk all day long, I especially love the songs you sing... you remind me of my mom. All of your recipes are wonderful!
Hi Nona Gina, I wish utube had access to voice messages so I could send a message for you to hear the joy you bring when I watch your videos. You are a smart lady. Thank you for the recipe. Lots of love from Beirut 🇱🇧Lebanon❤️
Grandma Gina! I love watching you, you remind me so much of my grandmother, she was from Roma. You cook the same way she did, with lots of love and a song in her heart, ALWAYS! Grandma would cook, bake, roast, and always with a smile and singing Italian songs. God Bless You Gina! Keep on making those great dishes.
I miss my Gramma Franci. Gina talks just like her and the same for cooking and singing. ❤️
The good thing about ur videos is ur children and the rest of family will always have ur videos and recipes . ❤ made with love
Thank you Gina you are amazing at cooking my children love to watch you and we gather to remake your food the children adore you really though and they are so excited to make these cookies for sure and how many times do I have to thank you and make more videos 😍🥰😃☺️🌸🌺🌹😘
I have posted on your other videos how much you remind me of my late dear mother. Your office if your kitchen, always making food for the family. You can try giving them a mixer but they insist on putting their hands and heart into their food. God bless Gina.
I really enjoyed watching you as you mixed the cookie dough together with your hands the old fashion way, God Bless you . I will make these . Thank you Gina
Nonna Gina, You are the sweetest human alive. Thank you for sharing and teaching us your traditions. We love when you sing to us. Jessie and family
Sing and make cookies. My kind of life. Thank you Gina.
Hi Gina my name is Elisabetta I'm from palermo I love to watch you cook my mom made the S cookies and now I got your recipe so I will make them too thank you for the recipe love you Gina you remind me of my mom so much God Bless you thank you
All God bless her soul she still wearing her wedding band she’s so loyal oh I got a love her
When I heard you sing today, I was looking out the window as you prepared the cookies. I could feel your joy dancing around me with happy music notes floating out of this laptop. It was magical and made me feel so good. I could almost smell these lovely cookies.
My grandmother and mother made these cookies (I make them too) but we called them Chamelles. We added Anisette ...we made "S", little knots, and several other shapes. I love them and they are an amazing family memory...Love you Gina...you make me so happy.
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Thank you Gina for your wonderful recipes and helping us to eat very well all year long ;-) I am sending you and your family lots of love and may your holidays be filled with lots of joy and blessings~ God Bless
My Nonna made the same recipe and shape , they were that good that you could dip them in a glass of water and they still amaizingly delicious .
Grazie per la recevutta Nonna Gina ☺️
This delightful lady needs to make a cd of her singing her favorite Italian songs and sell it... Call it "Songs to cook by" I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Oh Gina! I’ve commented before - and it’s so true, that you make my heart happy. God bless you and your family. Please keep making videos, telling us stories, sharing yourself with us, and singing songs! Lynn, your friend in North Carolina.
I LOVE YOUR SINGING GINA YOU MAKE ME HAPPY WHEN YOU SING 😊 GOD BLESS YOU AND FAMILY
My sweet lady....I can’t thank you enough for making me smile, laugh and cry too! Your stories brought me back to my own childhood memories and those simple days of long ago. It has been 30 years since I lost my beloved mother and just listening to your beautiful accent reminded me so much of her and her broken English. It was like having her with me once more and for that alone I am eternally grateful to you, Nonna Gina! Don’t EVER change! You are PERFECT just as you are!!!! Love ya!!! 🥰. STAY SAFE! 🙏
Bonjour, i watch your videos from France. Thank you very much for adding the weights in European measures (grams), it helps a lot as we Europeans do not understand cups and onces. Gina is the best! The kind of grandma we all would love to have around. Thanks again, your videos are helpful, interesting, and various.
@Géraldine Portelli
Recepes are inspirations, not instructions! :) A pound is about half a kilogram, so if you want to break down 5 lb flower to let say 500 g it should be easy to find the right ratio of the given 6 tablesoons of baking powder. And a cup is about 1/4 liter. That's sufficient accurate... ;)
And if something doesn't work out as planned, it's the best reason to try it out once again! :)
Reading all these positive comments warms my heart! Gina not only do you give us your delicious recipes, but you remind so many of us our past and the joy we had cooking with our own families. God bless your goodness and for sharing with all of us!
My Grandmother was from Italy and she made these all the time. Thanks for sharing!!! I love you and your videos, they bring back so many wonderful memories.
Oh, dear Gina...you are just like my Grandma from Napoli whom I never met...she left us before I was born...but my father tells me you and her were so much alike...grazie, bellissima Gina...God bless you and your family!!!! 💗💗💗
Gina, I love you! You are da best! I love your singing, stories and your beautiful accent. I know if I would have known my grandmother and great grandmother they would of been just like you! I love when you say “God Bless America”. You remind me of my family. I was able to know my Great Great Uncle Adolph Rossi and he would say that all the time. ❤️
Thank you Gina for another great recipe and the pleasure of watching a wonderful woman make cookies for her family. Lots of cookies :) Love you Gina
You may be the happiest person that loves caring for her family and has stolen my heart. Thank you again for a special recipe. You are a generous and kind person ...
hello Gina, I admire your cooking, baking and your splendid humor. May your whole family and friends admire your beautiful work and praise you! thank you for giving us such wonderful recipes. May God give you many years full of health.
Dear Mama Gina, something about you keeps reminding me of my mother, your accent, things you say and the way you say it, the way you sing and remember songs from your time in Italy, even the way you repeat certain things, or say, ‘Ok’. Well, I just read the FAQ about you which was wonderful to read! I then looked up where Faeto is and see that it is in the Puglia region where my mother is from, the City of Lecce! My mother was born in 1917 and married my father, an Italian American soldier during WWII, they married and after the war moved to Brooklyn, NY where my father was living before the war. They lived also at Rockaway Beach before moving to Long Island where they lived until 1978, when my father retired from teaching and moved to Southern California for better weather. I love your show, it warms my heart, love all the recipes, and I’m just getting started watching. Love the S cookies! I’m going to watch your Biscotti cooking. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your story. Stay safe.
Your family is so blessed to have you. I hope that they value your history and truly take it heart what you are sharing.
I learned from my mother, aunts, grandfather and grandmother and I am grateful. I am teaching my son. My cousins call me for our kitchen history and I pray that they write it down and share with their children.
you might make some cooking basic recordings. They can be duplicated and passed to future generations
Gina. I just love you. You make me so happy!!! God bless you Gina. 🥰
Looks like another winner Gina! Delish!
Gina you’re the BEST ! I love that you gave thinks and bless the food you prepare with such love!
Use the weight of each of the ingredients and then divide by 12. That will give you the amount of mixture to use for each egg. That way you can size the recipe up or down as you wish.
Never stop singing Gina! Your songs bring joy to our hearts! Bravo!
Such a cute lady, my mother in law was exactly the same making bread and cookies. Gina, your stories are so touching, makes me cry. God bless
Nona Gina, you are so adorable.
Please be my Nona? ❤️
I never had parents or grandparents. I would like to imagine my nona would be like you, sweet, loving and always in the kitchen, praying.😇
You are a very special in my life. Please keep cooking because i do enjoy it.
Love you Gina, your family is blessed to have you. Give them my love
I love the way she always says, “I washa my handsa”. U r cooking in ur kitchen Ms. Gina. U do it ur way. Nobody uses gloves at home. Sabastian Maniscalco has S cookies in his stand-up. 🙂😆
Not to many make cookies like this anymore... love the song..
Have a beautiful tomorrow🌻🌻🌻
she is such a beautiful person , I never get tired of watching her. I wish she was my neighbor I would make her come over all the time to teach me more,
Gina!!!!! Love love love your videos. I wait impatiently until another one pops up! Greetings from your no 1 fan from Canada 🇨🇦
You make the sign of the cross... my grandmom always said those words. God bless you Gina. You teach me and make me smile with fond memories.
Love your singing Gina. What a great way for us to wait while the ‘s’ cookies are baking! We were blessed. Can you sing Ave Maria? Please. ❤️ from Texas 🇨🇱
You're the best grandma ever. So blessed to have found your videos. God bless you.
I am so happy I found you on utube it warms my heart to watch you. I’m Italian and I’ve learned many recipes on my own to bake during Christmas. You just added a special one to my list!!! I already cherish the time you give to teach all of us. God bless you!!!
I never get tired of watching you cook and bake.
I LOVE YOU PRETTY LADY. YOUR FAMILY IS SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU. 😍
When you cook, I feel like I'm watching my Nonna. Grazie!
I love grandma Gina she looks like the type to feed till your pants pop ❤️ bless her soul ❤️
First time I made a big batch of Sicilian cookies I was surprised how heavy the dough is. Gina's going to build her arm muscles with that batch.
Wonderful🍁Many blessings, love, & hugs.
Mamma Gina - hai la pazienza di una santa!!! Sei bravissima!!!
Thank you for sharing Nonna. You never sease to amaze me with all the skills you have.
MS. Gina,
I enjoy all your videos I love to hear you sing and tell stories while you cook.
God bless you 🙏
They look delicious. I was going to start a diet, but it will have to wait until after I make these cookies. Love your channel!!
Gina, when you start talking, I instantly smile! You are so positive and happy, it rubs off on me ❤️ I'm so glad I found your channel 😊 You've inspired me too cook more
Gina, you are an AMAZING Grandma!!! I wish you were MY Grandma! My old boss’s mom, Grandma Rose showed me how to make her Sunday Gravy! It was years ago, but I still remember it fondly! God Bless you!!!
I LOVE YOU ❤️ GRANDMA GINA! I NEVER KNEW MY ITALIAN FATHER OR GRANDMA. I WAS TOLD SHE WAS A GOOD COOK, TOO...LIKE YOU. I LOVE IT WHEN YOU SING! GOD BLESS YOU!