{"id":5805,"date":"2013-10-18T07:02:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T14:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/?p=5805"},"modified":"2013-10-18T07:02:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T14:02:47","slug":"italian-comfort-food-tacony-library-in-philadelphiaanginetti-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2013\/10\/18\/italian-comfort-food-tacony-library-in-philadelphiaanginetti-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Anginetti Cookies | Italian Comfort Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cNothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity\u201d.  ~Voltaire
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\ncopyright 2013 Art of Living,PrimaMedia,Inc\/Maria Liberati
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\n\"anginetti
\nNothing calms the mind and soul like a comfort food\u2026.These cookies are one of my favorite..  (an Italian style) comfort food<\/a>. I can remember having these after school with a glass of milk with my mom while discussing my day at school, and then with a cup of tea on Sunday mid mornings while visiting with my grandparents after church and while waiting for the big Sunday afternoon meal. And finally with a cup of coffee visiting with family and friends or alone. Sharing freshly baked anginetti and a cup of coffee with my mom, today, is still one of my favorite things to do.
\nThe perfect sweet to bake on a fall Sunday afternoon. or for any Holiday
\nfrom The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays & Special Occasions-<\/a>second edition
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\nAnginetti (yields approximately 40 cookies)<\/strong>
\nCookies:<\/strong>
\n1 tsp vanilla extract<\/a>
\nGrated peel of one fresh lemon
\n6 tbsp butter
\n\u00bd-cup skim milk<\/a>
\n\u00bd-cup sugar
\n3 whole eggs
\n3 -1\/2 cups all-purpose flour<\/a>
\n2 tsp baking powder<\/a>
\n\u00bd tsp baking<\/a> soda<\/a>
\nIcing:<\/strong>
\n1 tsp real vanilla extract
\n1 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
\n1-cup confectioners\u2019 sugar
\n1 tbsp water
\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees while lining large cookie sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil<\/a> and non-stick coating.
\nIn large mixing bowl, beat vanilla, zest, margarine, milk, and sugar with electric mixer on medium setting until texture is well blended. Add eggs one at a time, beating each addition, and then continue to beat mixture for 1 minute.
\nOn low speed, blend flour (1 cup at a time), powder, and baking soda until consistency becomes firm, sticky dough. If needed, have wooden spoon available for mixing. Dust hands lightly with additional flour, rolling dough into bite-sized balls. Place approximately 20 onto prepared cookie sheet, spacing 2 \u201capart.
\nBake 10-12 minutes, or until light golden brown.
\nIcing:<\/strong> While first batch is baking, combine vanilla, lemon juice, sugar, and water into a small mixing bowl, whisking ingredients until mixture is completely blended. Remove cookies from oven, placing a sheet of wax or parchment beneath wire rack. Using a small pastry brush, frost the tops of each cookie with icing, sprinkle with additional confectioners\u2019 sugar, and transfer to rack for cooling. Begin second batch.
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\nThanks to everyone that I met at my Tacony Library event-book signing ,sampling and presentation on The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati tm..where food meets art,travel and life! I enjoyed meeting everyone..here are some memories and photos\u2026so nice to know that kids are passionate about cooking and eating well..Here is a photo of \u2018chef in the making\u2019 Dazsha at  the event. She promised to help her mom make a Panzanella salad with my recipe!
\n\"tacony<\/a>
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\nTo celebrate Italian culture month we enjoyed a dish from Sicily- couscous, a dish from Tuscany-Panzanella salad, and some sweets with honey from Abruzzo..recipes will be coming soon!
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\nA special thanks to Lisa and staff at Tacony Library for making this a successful event and a great way to celebrate Italian culture for the month of October! (by the way if you are an architecture buff..visit the Library the building it is housed in  is over 100 yrs old and the interior is quite special!)
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\n**Hope to see you at the Philadelphia Food and Wine Event this weekend at the Valley Forge Casino..I will be doing a book signing during the show and a cooking demo on Sunday..stop by and say HI! October 18,19,20
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\nThe Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati tm is now becoming a PBS\/Create TV show..we are now coordinating sponsors, vendors, joint partners etc\u2026interested parties, please contact us at events1@marialiberati.com<\/a>
\nFor more great recipes, Holiday stories get your copy of The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays and Special Occasions-2nd edition
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