Italian Almond Cookies Gluten Free Food

ITALIAN ALMOND COOKIES (GLUTEN-FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 °F (175 °C) and line a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper.
• In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the almond flour, granulated sugar and salt. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg whites at medium speed using an electric hand mixer or stand mixer until soft peaks form. Stir in the almond extract and then stir in the flour mixture. It'll be a thick dough.
• Your cookies may spread more or less than the ones pictured, depending on whether or not your almond flour is very fine or not. I suggest doing a test cookie. If it bakes up nicely, then bake the rest. If it's too flat for you, you may want to add up to about 1/3 cup (33 grams) more almond flour. I did this once and the cookies were still sweet enough and worked perfectly.
• Roll into balls, about 1 1/2 tablespoons in size, and roll in the powdered sugar. Place the cookies 2" apart on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for 15-17 minutes or until the tops have crackled and the bottoms of the cookies have lightly browned. Let cool completely on the baking sheet. Store in an airtight container for up to a week.

ITALIAN ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Arrange racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat to 350°F. Lightly oil 2 large baking sheets, then line with parchment paper.
• In food processor, combine 2 1/4 cups almonds and 1/3 cup sugar. Process until finely ground, scraping down sides once or twice. Set aside.
• In electric mixer fitted with whisk attachment, beat egg whites and salt at high speed until soft peaks form. Reduce speed to medium and gradually sprinkle in remaining 1/3 cup sugar. Return speed to high and beat mixture until stiff, shiny peaks form. Gently fold in ground almond mixture and almond and vanilla extracts.
• Roll mixture into 1-inch balls, place 2 inches apart on baking sheets, and flatten slightly. Top each with glacéed cherry or almond. Bake until cookies are golden, switching positions of pans halfway through, about 25 minutes. Cool on sheets 5 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely.
• Cookies keep, wrapped, several days, or frozen, several weeks. Recrisp in warm oven.

ALMOND COOKIES (GLUTEN-FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix butter, eggs, vanilla extract, almond extract, and honey in a bowl. Whisk until well blended.
• Add almond flour and coconut flour and mix with spoon until well blended and creamy. Texture will be much like peanut butter cookie dough. Add any optional ingredients (nuts, dried fruit, etc) and mix until well distributed.
• Place balls of dough on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 5 minutes, then remove and press with a fork to flatten cookies and make criss cross pattern. Return to even and bake another 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.