Marzipan and Almond Twists

Name: Marzipan and Almond Twists
Yield: Makes 9
Ingredients: flaked (sliced) almonds, for sprinkling; 350 g/12 oz/3 cups unbleached white bread flour; 60 ml/4 tbsp Amaretto liqueur; 1 egg; 90 ml/6 tbsp water; 10 ml/2 tsp milk; 30 ml/2 tbsp skimmed milk powder (non fat dry milk); 7.5 ml/1½ tsp easy bake (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup ground almonds; 1 egg, separated; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup icing (confectioners’) sugar; 2—3 drops of almond essence (extract); 40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter, melted

Preparation info

Makes
9

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

If you like almonds, you’ll love these. Amaretto liqueur, marzipan and flaked almonds make up a triple whammy.

Ingredients

90 ml/6 tbsp water
1 egg
60

Dessert
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Pour the water, egg and Amaretto into the bread machine pan. If the instructions for your machine specify that the yeast is to be placed in the pan first, reverse the order in which you add the liquid and dry ingredients.
Sprinkle