Cantuccini

Name: Cantuccini
Ingredients: 2 tsp baking powder; 3 tbsp melted butter; 8 oz / 230 g plain flour; 1 tsp ground cinnamon (optional); 1 lb / 455 g whole unblanched almonds; 10 oz / 280 g golden granulated (unrefined) sugar; 1 egg yolk and 4 tbsp milk, beaten together, to glaze; 1 egg yolk and 4 tbsp milk, beaten together, to glaze; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 egg yolk and 4 tbsp milk, beaten together, to glaze

Almond Dipping Biscuits

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

About

When cooled completely, these hard biscuits, full of almonds, keep very well in an airtight tin, so it is worth making them in large quantities.

Ingredients

1 lb / 455 g whole unblanched almonds
10 oz / 280

Dessert
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Place the almonds in a shallow roasting tin and toast them in the oven. Grind a quarter of the almonds with a quarter of the sugar, and put into a large bowl. Stir in the flour, all the remaining sugar, the ci