Italian Amaretti Cookies
From wynnebaer 15 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 1
This Italian cookie is said to be 2000 years old...Wonder if Caesar ate them.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups almonds, ground fine in food processor shopping list
- 2 tbls flour shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar (sift first, then measure) shopping list
- 3 large egg whites shopping list
- 1/2 tsp almond extract shopping list
- 1/4 tsp lemon extract shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 325
- Mix ground almonds, flour and sugar together until thoroughly mixed
- Mix egg whites, almond and lemon extract together with an electric mixer on high until stiff peaks form
- Fold almond mixture into egg whites
- Line cookie sheet with parchment paper
- Drop rounded tspfuls onto cookie sheet, leaving about 1 1/2 inches between cookies
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes, until cookies are lightly browned
- For a chewy consistency, remove cookies from oven immediately For a crisp cookie, turn off oven and leave door slightly open to allow the cookies to dry out for 1 hour
- Makes about 2 1/2 dozen cookies.
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Sounds great. I'll have to try it.
chihuahua
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Lovin these!
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Fantabulous..........thanks! j
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