‘What are you baking Mama?’ asked my 3 and a half-year old as soon as he opened his eyelids in the morning. The house was filled with the smell of freshly baked amaretti cookies. He leaped out of bed in excitement and stood in the kitchen trying to peek into the oven. The smell of almonds and caramelised sugar was enough to drive anybody crazy, let alone the rapidly developing senses of a little sugar hungry boy. He ran to tell his brother.
“Wake up, We will have cookies for breakfast’
When did I say that! I couldn’t help but smile at the sweet exchange of words taking place between them, around the cookies.
The temperatures have been dropping a wee bit every day and I find the best way to keep warm is to switch on the oven. Even if it means 6.30 in the morning.
These Italian cookies are little bites of Heaven. They are so so good. Almonds and sugar…what a magical pair! And the good news for you..no butter, no flour! They are ready in no time and they tend to leave me with a ‘is that it?’ kind of feeling. Delicate, light, airy with a crunchy exterior and a soft chewy centre. And the scent…Oh! I could bake them every single day.
You know, I just had a thought! If I should rename my blog..
…Sugar, Almond, Raspberry et al..
Amaretti Cookies (recipe adapted from Eugenie kitchen)
Yields 15
1 egg white (strictly medium size)
1/3 cup castor sugar (75 g)
4/5 cup + 1 tablespoon ground almonds (85 g)
1/4 teaspoon almond extract/essence (or vanilla extract)
A Pinch of salt
Additional confectioner’s sugar for dusting
Preheat the oven at 200 degrees C. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Cookies are sticky. So if you want, use silicon pad or butter the parchment paper.
Beat the egg whites until doubled (not too firm). Add in the sugar and whisk just until combined. Fold in ground almonds, almond extract, and salt cutting the batter carefully with a spatula.
Make small balls with hands and place the cookies on the parchment paper. Dust them with confectioner’s sugar.
Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Let them cool on a wire rack before serving.
I love amaretti cookies! These look fantastic and I totally understand your sons’ excitement! The thought of cookies for breakfast …. Yum!
I love how easy they are, always a plus in my books .
Have a great weekend Sonali!
Nazneen
Thank you Nazneen! I love this recipe because its so easy to put together.
Looks great and easy to make. Love it! Must try this weekend!
Thank you! Let me know how it turned out:-)
Such an easy and quick recipe!! Love the crunchy, delicious, drool worthy cookies!!
Love the sugar dusted on the top, perfect.
Im sure your kids had a splendid morning having this as their breakfast, envy them 🙂
The clicks are as always well planned and executed. Love the purple and cookie color combo, one word dashing!! Gluten free – is like an added plus point!!
Thank you Pavithra! I am up for sweet any time of the day. But I try to avoid that with the kids. Its a different thing, whether I am successful:-)
These look as beautiful as they look gorgeous 😀
YUM!
Cheers
CCU
Thank you Uru:-)
I totally agree, its heavenly and so good to look at. The cookies are fabulous and love the burst of almond essence in it.
Thank you Nava! My blog is turning out to be almond-ish:-)
Hi Sonali, hopped in for Nava’s site and looking at these gluten free cookies I had to say my teenage daughter acts like your 3 year old son. Every time I bake in the morning.. what so ever it is, she would ask to eat it for breakfast.
Those cookies look beautiful and so puffy!
Thank you for stopping by Balvinder! Yes, there’s something about freshly baked stuff. Can’t blame the kids really:-) Very pleased to meet you!
I love everything with amaretto/almondy. Being gluten-free is a real plus… Your cookies look amazing, Sonali! I so wish it was me the one eating these cookies. 🙂
Thank You Denise! I love almonds and love how they easily replace flour in baked dishes.
I love Amaretti biscuits! I used to visit an old Italian nonna for work and she used to bake me fresh Amaretti every time. Such a special treat. Thanks for giving us a gf recipe. I have several gf friends and I know that they’ll appreciate a batch of these! xx
Thank you Laura! I do hope your friends find the recipe useful!
I love warming up with baking something in the oven…even in the middle of a hot summer day. And these are the perfect treat to bake! I love how you did these!
I have enjoy these for years but never made my own. They look yummy so will have to try them.
Listening in on children’s conversations always brings a smile to my face. Such lovely, little cookies and so beautifully presented.
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