Rainbow Cookies

More of a cake than a cookie, these tri-colored delights were first created by patriotic Italian American bakers more than a century ago to celebrate their national flag of red, white, and green stripes.

They have since been adopted by people of all nationalities and creeds for their cheerful appearance and the fact that their red and green colors also mimic those of Christmas.

As Jewish immigrants often lived alongside Italian settlers when they first came to America, the J