Friday, March 29, 2013

Amaretti

These little cookies are perfect to enjoy with an espresso.

Ingredients

2-1/2 cups almond meal flour
1-1/2 cup sugar
3 egg whites
1 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp orange extract
Almond slices


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line baking sheets with parchment.
Beat egg whites into stiff peaks. Fold in almond meal, sugar, and extracts.

Scoop 1/2 teaspoon of dough, roll into ball, and place on baking sheet.  Place almond slice on cookie. Repeat, setting subsequent balls about 1 inch apart.  Bake until just golden.  Start checking at 10 minutes.  Remember, oven temperatures vary; in my electric oven, they are done in 10 to 12 minutes and in my very slow gas oven, it takes 20 minutes.    Cool on parchment paper before handling cookies.

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