Easy Sugar-Dusted Amaretti Biscuits
- 1 cup blanched almond
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
- 2 egg whites
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- In food processor, blend almonds and 1/4 cup of the icing sugar until finely ground.
- Blend in remaining icing sugar and flour.
- In bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
- Gradually beat in granulated sugar until stiff glossy peaks form.
- Fold in the nut mixture and the almond extract.
- Grease baking sheet and preheat oven to 300u0b0F.
- Using a pastry bag, pipe biscuit mixture into 1 1/2 inch wide mounds about 1 1/2 inches apart.
- Bake in 300F oven for 40 to 45 minutes until golden brown.
- Turn off the oven and allow the biscuits to dry inside the oven for 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool on racks.
- Dust with icing sugar.
blanched almond, icing sugar, flour, egg whites, granulated sugar, almond
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/easy-sugar-dusted-amaretti-biscuits-391573 (may not work)