Ingredients
- 1 lb of almonds peeled
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 egg whites
- 1 tablespoon potato starch
- 1 tsp almond flavoring
- powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla
- pinch of salt
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Soft Amaretti (Amaretti Morbidi) copyright 2011 art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati
Directions
- Finely chop almonds and mix with sugar and potato starch and vanilla.
- Beat egg whites and with a pinch of salt to firm peaks.
- Add in almond mix and almond flavoring and mix.
- With small spoon form small balls of dough- the size of a walnut. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Place amaretti on cookie sheet and let dry for 3 hours there.
- Then sprinkle with powdered sugar and place in oven preheated to 200 degrees for 30 minutes.
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Summary
(copyright 2011 art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati;from The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays & Special Occasions-2nd edition
