Almond Ricciarelli Cookies

Name: Almond Ricciarelli Cookies
Ingredients: 150 g icing sugar; 25 g Doves Farm Organic Pasta Flour; 0.5 tsp baking powder; 200 g ground almonds; 2 egg whites; pinch of Doves Farm Vitamin C; 1 tsp vanilla extract; icing sugar to dust; oil, for tray

Makes 24-30 small cookies

These little almond macaroons with a chewy centre are a traditional Italian cookie that are very quick and easy to make and keep well. Serve ricciarelli cookies with coffee, as a treat at the end of a meal, or parcel some up as a special gift for someone.

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Free from Soya, Dairy

Vegetarian

Ingredients

150g icing sugar
25g Doves Farm Organic Pasta Flour
½ tsp baking powder
200g ground almonds
2 egg whites
pinch of Doves Farm Vitamin C
1 tsp vanilla extract
icing sugar to dust
oil, for tray

Pre-heat the oven.
Rub some oil around the inside of a large baking tray.
Measure the icing sugar, flour and baking powder into a bowl, stir to combine and sieve it into another bowl.
Stir in the ground almonds.
Sprinkle some icing sugar onto a plate for dusting later.
Put the egg whites and vitamin C into another bowl and beat until stiff.
Beat in the vanilla.
Tip a quarter of the flour and almond mixture into the egg white and cut and fold it in using a metal spoon, taking care not to overmix.
Cut and fold the remaining flour and almond mixture in 3 batches to make a soft paste.
Take teaspoons of the paste and drop them onto the prepared icing sugar plate.
Roll each into a ball in the icing sugar and transfer them to the prepared baking tray.
Bake for 12-15 minutes.
Allow the cookies to cool on the tray.
Store the cold cookies in a tin.