Amaretti Biscuits

Name: Amaretti Biscuits
Yield: Makes about 6 dozen small biscuits
Ingredients: 1 ⅓ cups (330 mL) ground almonds; ⅓ cup (80 mL) sugar; 2 egg whites, at room temperature; ¾ tsp (4 mL) almond extract; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) cornstarch; 1 cup (250 mL) icing sugar, sifted

Preparation info

Makes about
6 dozen

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Back to Baking

By Anna Olson

Published 2011

About

Traditional amaretti biscuits are wrapped, two at a time, in colourful papers. You can do the same for presentation or gifting, and they can be used to crumble over ice cream, or even stirred into yogurt.

Ingredients

2 egg whites, at room temperature
⅓ cup (80 mL) sugar

Vegetarian
Cookies
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C) and line 3 baking trays with parchment paper.
Whip the egg whites at high speed until foamy, then slowly pour in the sugar while whipping, continuing to whip until the whites hold a medium peak.
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