Italian Christmas Cookie Recipe: Almond Coffee Cookies (from Cooking With Nonna)
Ingredients:
- 1 Lb Almonds
- 1/2 Lb Sugar
- Zest of 2 medium lemons
- 3 Egg whites
- 1 Tbs Espresso Ground Coffee
- 2 Tbs Unsweetened Cocoa powder
- 1/2 Cup Sugar for glazing (put it in a flat plate for rolling)
- 50 Whole coffee beans
Preparation:
- To prepare the paste, boil the almonds and remove the peel. Once they are cold and somewhat dry, put them in a food processor or a blender and chop them finely.
- Put the chopped almonds in a bowl, add the zest of the two lemons, the sugar, the ground coffee and the cocoa powder. Mix everything very well.
- Add the egg whites and mix until the egg whites dilute the sugar and the mixture becomes a paste.
- Take a lump of mixture in your hand, roll it into a ball the size slightly smaller than a golf ball.
- Roll the ball completely into the sugar and place it on a baking sheet.
- Slightly insert a coffee bean on top of each cookie.
- Roll all your cookies and bake them for 30 mins. at 350F.
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