Ladyfingers

Name: Ladyfingers
Yield: Makes 20 to 22
Ingredients: pinch of salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Large pinch of grated nutmeg; ⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar; ½ cup sugar; ⅛ teaspoon almond extract; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; ½ cup less 1 tablespoon sifted all-purpose flour; ½ cup confectioners’ sugar (for sprinkling on top); 3 eggs, at room temperature

Preparation info

Makes
20 to 22

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Better Than Store-Bought

By Helen Witty and Elizabeth Schneider

Published 1979

About

Serve versatile ladyfingers as a delicate accompaniment to tea, or with dessert wines or summer fruit compotes; or use them to line a charlotte mold. Slightly sweet, dry yet tender, these ladyfingers have only their name in common with the soft, spongy packaged variety.

Ingredients

3 eggs, at room temperature
pinch of salt
⅛ teaspoon cream of tart

Summer
Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Cover with parchment (or grease and flour) a large baking sheet or two smaller baking sheets.
Separate the eggs, putting the whites into a medium-sized bowl, the yolks into a small one. Beat the whites with an electric