Rose Neapolitan Spritz Cookies are colorful spritz cookies that surround a marshmallow buttercream for a cute and tasty treat. I wish I had OCD for something like laundry or eating celery. But no. I have to be obsessed with Neapolitan. And ‘rose’ anything. Like the Neapolitan Rose Cake. Or the Neapolitan Chocolate Cookies Cups with Strawberry Buttercream. I can’t even tell you about all the Neapolitan desserts and Rose themed desserts I have made…well, I could but let’s just move on. I ain’t here to bore ya. Today. (If you are looking for Christmas Cookies or Cutout Sugar Cookies for cookie exchanges, don’t miss these!)
Rose Neapolitan Spritz Cookies Recipe (full recipe below)
Spritz Ingredients (full recipe below)
- Butter
- Sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla extract
- Almond extract
- All-purpose flour
- Salt
Strawberry Spritz Ingredients (added to the original recipe)
- Strawberry extract
- Pink gel food coloring
Chocolate Spritz Ingredients
- Cocoa (in replace of the flour) and no almond extract
Buttercream Ingredients
- Butter
- Confectioners’ sugar
- Almond extract
- Marshmallow creme or fluff
How to Make Neapolitan Spritz Cookies
Tips for success:
- Do not chill the dough. You will need it about room temperature for easier piping. (You can pipe out your cookies onto a prepared cookie sheet then place the cookie sheet in the freezer for a few minutes to firm up.)
- Bake the cookies directly out of the freezer. If you have ever made a Spritz cookie before, this dough should be exactly the same as that. Like in here and here.
- Piping it through a large star tip should be the same experience as using a cookie press. This a basic recipe, with no major alterations.
- I would make the chocolate dough separately and not try to divide one recipe into three. If you do so the proportions will be off and the cookies will spread.
- A reader suggested using a smaller amount in your piping bag to help it warm quicker and to allow for easier piping. I had about 2-3 cups of dough in my pastry bag, but can see how using 1 cup at a time might be easier!
Since I made like 47,957 of these cookies I decided I needed to share them. Plus, using two at a time for the sandwich cookies used up a few more! I found these fun ice cream containers and made up a handy dandy little label in photoshop.
Just in case you might ask, I got the strawberry extract at Walmart. But you can also get it online, through sites like Amazon. (Strawberry Extract on Amazon ) The open star tip is from Ateco and you can get them online as well. (I use mine for everything from cupcakes to rose cookies to my Original Rose Cakes!)
Rose Neapolitan Spritz Cookies
Ingredients
SPRITZ COOKIES
- 1 cup (226g) butter, room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
STRAWBERRY SPRITZ
- ¼ teaspoon strawberry extract
- pink gel food coloring
CHOCOLATE SPRITZ
- ¼ cup cocoa, in replace of flour and no almond extract
MARSHMALLOW BUTTERCREAM
- 1 cup (2 sticks or 226g) butter, softened
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 jar (13 ounces) marshmallow creme or fluff
Instructions
SPRITZ COOKIES
- Heat oven to 400°F. Combine butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and almond extract in the bowl of a stand mixer.
- Blend at medium speed, scraping the bowl often, until creamy. Add flour and salt, and blend at a low speed until well mixed. Divide and tint dough, if desired.
- To make a Rose Cookie Spritz, insert a 1M or 2D tip into a pastry bag. Fill the bag with cookie dough. I found that if the dough was a bit warm (as in heated by the warmth from my hands) it was easier to pipe out these cookies.
- Bake for 5 to 8 minutes, or until slightly golden.
STRAWBERRY SPRITZ
- Replace vanilla extract with ¼ teaspoon strawberry. Tint dough with pink gel food coloring.
CHOCOLATE SPRITZ
- Replace ¼ cup of flour with ¼ cup of cocoa. Do not use almond extract.
MARSHMALLOW BUTTERCREAM
- Cream butter in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium until butter is light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. (You can also use a stand mixer with a paddle attachment.)
- Add in almond extract.
- Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, about a ½ cup at a time. Once all the sugar has been added, mix on high for 2-3 minutes.
- Once fully combined, gently fold the marshmallow creme into the frosting by hand. It can be used immediately or refrigerated until ready to use in your spritz cookie sandwiches.
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which size ice cream container did you use? 8 oz, 16 oz, or 32 oz?
I believe the containers in the picture are 32oz.
How many does this recipe make? 🙂
It really depends on how big you pipe your cookies… it can range from 2-5 dozen. 🙂
How many cookies does this recipe yield? I need to make about 48 cookies for an event…
Perhaps I did something wrong in my prep, but these were almost impossible to pipe through the pastry tip.. I gave up after 15 or so minutes and 4 different bags and tips…
Sorry there were issues! I talk a lot about tips and tricks in the post as well as here in the comment section. Maybe that will help for future baking! 🙂
can this recipe be 1/2 so there’s not so many cookies or will altering recipe throw off whole recipe? thanks 😉
How Many cups is in gram?
Cups is a volume measurement and grams is a weight measurement, so there is no exact conversion. A digital kitchen scale will help and inexpensive ones are easy to come by and are invaluable when baking.
They are beautiful, I’m going try them next, just one question. The measures you give works for the strawberry and the vanilla ones? Or they are for each flavor?
The cookies look beautiful! Just wondering if anyone has frozen them filled or maybe unfilled? Baking for my daughters wedding and have never made them before. Thanks and happy baking!
Hi
i made the cookies but the shape didn’t hold up. i followed the recipe exactly
I.used both tips referenced above.
did i miss something. can i put them in the freezer And then the oven
Although by no means is my system of choice, cups can easily be translated into grams or whatever other system when talking about sugar, flour etc. But when it comes to solid butter, it’s imposible! Anuone care to tell how much is a cup of butter? Please don’t say sticks!!! State grams, pounds anything of that sort that is universal.
Thank you in advance. I cannot wait to try these!!!
1/2 pound of butter is one cup.