Neapolitan Cookies - A traditional Italian cookie with liberties to flavor the pink and white as you wish.

Chocolate Biscotti - Made with a little butter. My Italian grandma would shudder, "It's not traditional!"

The wonderful authentic Italian Cream Cake Recipe - plated by an overzealous syrup artist.

Mint Brownie Recipe - My 20 year stand-by favorite. Hit it with an optional pinch of anise and cloves for an Italian twist.

This Arnold Palmer Recipe has two versions. The 2 ingredient kids version. And the grown-up version with a kick of limoncello.

Amaretto Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting

Amaretto Vodka Peach Schnapps. No fancy name. Just a good drink.

Sour Apple Martini with an Italian twist - sour apple, amaretto, and vanilla vodka

Chocolate Amaretto Bundt Cake - A cake mix with amaretto and morsels. Finished with an amaretto chocolate sour cream frosting.

Amaretto Tea - Chai to a whole new level. Amaretto, tea and cream.

Chocolate Buttermilk Cake.

Blue Lagoon - the combo of amaretto and blue curacao plus lime give this a gorgeous color and a great flavor!

Amaretto Mousse Cheesecake. No bake. Amaretto, cream cheese, whipped cream and a few other normal ingredients.

Soco Amaretto Lime - Amaretto, fresh lime juice, and peach schnapps.

Cafe Amaretto - A *manly* after dinner drink. Amaretto, coffee, cognac and cream.

Rob Roy Recipe. A classic cocktail with no deviations - scotch, angostura bitters, and sweet vermouth.

Kahlua and Cream the Italian way. Add a little amaretto!

Blueberry Cake - Olive oil, butter, orange lemon and lime zest.

Beer Cake with rum soaked raisins. Take this to your next picnic when asked, "Can you bring the beer?"

Double Chocolate Brownies. A little anise, nutmeg and tons of chocolate all made in a saucepan on the stove.

Coffee Frosting - made with espresso powder OR workaround made with instant coffee.

Baked apples spiced with anise, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves - and a smidge of butter raisins and nuts.

Espresso Martini - Espresso Vodka, Creme de Cacao, and Half & Half.

Yogurt Cake - NOTHING low fat about it! Whole milk yogurt, BUTTER and basics.