Soft Amaretti Cookies
Soft Amaretti Cookies, a scrumptious Italian almond cookie recipe made with only 4 ingredients and ready in well under 30 minutes from scratch. It's an easy foolproof recipe, naturally gluten-free cookies that are incredibly delicious, and a perfect bake during the festive season, but also all year round. The cookies have a soft and chewy texture, ivory colour and delicate almond flavour.
Servings: 14 cookies
Calories: 123kcal
Ingredients
- 200 g ground almonds (almond flour, 2 cups + 1 tbsp)
- 150 g granulated sugar + 50 g to coat the cookies in (¾ cup + ¼ cup)
- egg whites from 3 small eggs
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius (320 Fahrenheit).
- Beat the egg whites with a hand mixer until they hold soft peaks.
- Add 2 tablespoons of sugar, and beat again until they hold stiff peaks.
- In a separate bowl, mix the ground almonds with the remaining granulated sugar (not the 50 g used for coating), add the almond extract and beaten egg whites and use a spatula to mix them into a tick, sticky paste.
- Use your hands to shape out balls the size of a walnut, then coat each ball in granulated sugar.
- Arrange the cookies onto 2 baking trays line with non-stick paper (if the trays are not non-stick) and bake for 20 minutes or until they have a slightly pale colour around the edges.
- Remove the trays from the oven and allow them to cool down completely.
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Notes
- Rolling the cookies into granulated sugar gives them a lovely crispy texture on the outside, while they remain soft and chewy on the inside. You can slightly flatten them after rolling in sugar, they won't flatten during baking if the ratio egg whites to ground almonds is right.
- Make sure the cookies have a consistent size so they can bake evenly, I went for the size of a walnut, larger cookies will take longer to bake, up to 25 minutes, but do keep an eye on them.
- You can also roll the cookies in icing sugar / powdered sugar for a crinkle look, the granulated sugar will make the outer shell crispier, while the fine sugar give a snowy touch.
Nutrition
Calories: 123kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 0.1mg | Potassium: 1mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 11g | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg