Rainbow Cookies
- 2 tablespoon Butter
- 2 cups Butter
- 6 Eggs, separated
- 1 1/3 cups Sugar, divided
- 12 ounces Almond paste (not Marzipan), chopped
- 2 3/4 cups All-Purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon All-Purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 3/4 cup Orange marmalade, heated and strained
- 4 ounces Bittersweet chocolate, chopped and melted
- 1 teaspoon Green food coloring
- 1 teaspoon Red food coloring
- Bake: Preheat oven to 350u0b0 Line three 13x9x2" metal baking pans with foil, leaving overhang; grease with 2 tablespoons butter; set aside. Put egg whites in bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk; beat until soft peaks form. Slowly add 1/3 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Transfer to a large bowl; cover; chill. Using the paddle attachment, beat almond paste and remaining sugar on medium-low until incorporated, 4-5 minutes. Increase speed to medium-high; gradually add remaining butter. Beat until fluffy. Beat in yolks, then flour and salt. Fold in whites in 2 additions. Divide batter evenly among 3 bowls. Mix red coloring into 1 bowl and green coloring into second bowl; leave third bowl plain. Spread 1 bowl of batter into each prepared pan; smooth tops. Bake, rotating pans halfway through, until just set, 9-11 minutes. Let cool in pans.
- Layer: With a pastry brush, spread half of marmalade over green cake. Using foil overhang, lift plain layer out of pan. Invert onto green layer; discard foil. Brush remaining marmalade over plain layer. Lift red layer out of pan; invert onto plain layer and cover cake with foil.
- Weight: Top with a 13x9x2" pan. Weigh down pan with several heavy canned goods to compress cake layers. Refrigerate at least 4 hours and up to 1 day.
- Unmold: Remove cans, top pan, and foil. Transfer cake to a waxed paper-lined baking sheet.
- Glaze: Spread half of chocolate over cake in a thin layer. Freeze for 10 minutes. Cover with waxed paper, invert the baking sheet on top, and flip cake. Uncover and glaze with remaining chocolate. Freeze 10 additional minutes.
- Slice: Trim cake to 12x8". Cut crosswise into six 2"-wide strips. Cut each strip crosswise into 96"-wide cookies. Store in an airtight container.
butter, butter, eggs, sugar, almond paste, allpurpose, allpurpose, salt, orange marmalade, bittersweet chocolate, green food coloring, red food coloring
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/rainbow-cookies-5a398dcadcd9191886db29f1 (may not work)