Monday, November 17, 2014

Amaretti


These little cookies have been brought up multiple times during our nomination process at the Tuesdays with Dorie blogroll, so I was excited to finally make them, plus I love almond paste when used in baking.  Let's clarify this.  I love to eat things made with almond paste.  This is the first time I have made something with almond paste.   

I decided to make this already easy recipe easier by not making my own almond paste.  As instructed in the recipe, I searched high and low for a can of paste instead of a tube, but had to settle for a tube.  To make up for this,  I wound up using a wee bit less sugar than the recipe called for.  

I think they turned out well.  Nice and chewy but a bit crispy on the edges and outside in general.   I believe they could have been a bit crispier; maybe this was due to the paste coming from a tube or maybe because they turned out a bit larger than I think they should have been.  Regardless, I am looking forward to them hardening up over the next couple of days… and eating more of them.

Rhiannon approved!


8 comments:

  1. I have made my own almond paste before-buying it is so much easier!

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  2. I love almond paste too! I thought these were quite wonderful!

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  3. Rhiannon's expression says it all-- these are tasty cookies!

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  4. Clearly I bought the wrong almond paste. mine were inedibly sweet. Bummer. Glad your daughter liked them though. Great pic!

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  5. I couldn't find the can either...yours look just like mine :)

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  6. We're totally on the same page. I wish I had made these a little smaller too. I can't wait to see how the texture changes also.

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  7. Yup - smarter to stick with buying the paste (I've made it before and it never seems to come out the way I like it).
    I like the chewy texture, but I guess I am weird like that.

    They look great!

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  8. These were tasty, even a couple days later, which I think I liked them best. More than two days, they became to crispy for my liking. Looks like Rhiannon enjoyed them!

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