These simple little cookies can be dressed up with a drizzle on melted chocolate or sandwich them with a touch of lemon curd or seedless raspberry jam.
Almond Macaroons
Makes 16 cookies
1 cup almond meal
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg white
pinch of salt
½ teaspoon almond extract
powdered sugar to roll the cookies in
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat silicone sheet
In a bowl combine the almond meal, granulated sugar, egg white salt and almond extract and mix well
Put the powdered sugar in a shallow dish
With your hands roll the dough into 1 inch balls, you should have 16
Roll each ball in the powdered sugarA
Place the cookies on the cookie sheet and with a glass press the cookies to about a 1 ½” diameter
Bake the cookies for about 12 minutes until golden brown
Cool on a wire rack