Almond Macaroons
By: Andie Mitchell
Published: Friday, December 11, 2009 - 1:33am

Ingredients




5 egg whites
1 cup icing sugar
1 cup almonds, ground
1 tablespoon sugar (caster)

Preparation

1 Sift the icing sugar onto the ground almonds. In an electric mixer, beat the egg whites until half risen, add the caster sugar and beat on high for 1-2 minutes until very stiff. 2 Sprinkle the icing sugar and ground almonds over the egg whites and fold through gently with a spatula. 3 Fill a piping bag with the mixture and pipe out small, even-sized rounds,about 2cm diameter onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Space about 2cm apart. 4 Bake at 190C/380F for about 10-15 minutes until golden. 5 Allow to cool then lift off tray.

About


Macaroons are sweet French biscuits with a crisp meringue like texture.