Amaretti Italian Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

5 cups finely chopped roasted almonds
2 cups white sugar
1 ½ teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
4 eggs
1 (1 ounce) bottle almond extract, or to taste
¼ cup white sugar
45 whole almonds

Nutrition Info

145.4 calories
carbohydrate: 13.3 g
cholesterol: 16.5 mg
fat: 9.2 g
fiber: 2 g
protein: 4.2 g
saturatedFat: 0.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 6.4 mg
sugar: 10.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

  2. Mix chopped almonds, 2 cups white sugar, and cocoa powder together in a bowl, add eggs and almond extract and stir until batter is well mixed. Form teaspoonfuls of batter into small balls.

  3. Place 1/4 cup sugar in a bowl and roll balls in the sugar. Press a finger into the center of each ball, making an indentation. Place 1 almond in each indentation. Arrange cookies 2 inches apart on the baking sheets.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until edges begin to crisp, about 15 minutes.

Recipe Yield

45 cookies

Recipe Note

A Christmas staple in the family. A family favorite. Would not be Christmas without them.

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