Name: Almond Biscuits from Siphnos (Amygdalota Sifneika)
Yield: Makes about 50
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: Confectioners’ sugar, for sprinkling; 1 pound shelled almonds, blanched, dried well, and finely ground in a food processor (about 2½ cups ground); 1-2 tablespoons orange flower water, plus more to wet fingers as you shape the biscuits; ½ cup water; 1½-2 cups granulated sugar

Preparation info

Makes about
50

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Foods of Greece

By Aglaia Kremezi

Published 1993

About

There are many varieties of amygdalota. In some, the ground almonds are mixed with flour, butter, or eggs and baked. In others, the cookies are not baked at all; the almonds are mixed with rosewater, then shaped and left to dry a little before being dredged in confectioners’ sugar.

Almond cookies that use no butter or eggs are one of our many Lenten sweets, which Greeks prepare especially on Clean Monday, the first day of Lent.

This recipe was given to me by Mrs.