Blidas (French Batter Cookies)
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
28-30 cookies
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups almond and powdered sugar (see Almond and Sugar Powder)
- 3 large egg whites, at room temperature
- 1⁄8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 tablespoon superfine sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon superfine sugar
- 1⁄2 cup blanched almond, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon blanched almond, finely chopped
- confectioners' sugar
- 5 tablespoons strained apricot jam
directions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- Sift the flour and toss it with the almond and sugar powder.
- Whip the egg whites in an electric mixer at low speed until they start to froth. If you are not whipping the whites in a copper bowl, then add the cream of tartar at this point.
- Gradually increase the whipping speed to medium-high, and continue whipping until the whites form very stiff peaks and just begin to slip and streak around the side of the bowl.
- Add the superfine sugar and continue whipping at high speed for a few seconds longer to incorporate the sugar and tighten the meringue.
- Gently fold in the almond and sugar powder and flour.
- Scoop the batter into the pastry bag, and pipe the batter in domes 1-inch wide, arranging them on the baking sheets in staggered rows and separating them by about 1-inch. Unless you have 2 ovens, pipe only 1 sheet of cookies at a time, and keep the remaining batter in the pastry bag until the first sheet is baked.
- Dust chopped almonds over the piped batter. Turn the baking sheet upside down and tap it with a wooden spatula to dislodge the excess almonds, then quickly turn the baking sheet right side up again.
- Dust with confectioners' sugar.
- Let rest for about 1 minute to allow some of the confectioners' sugar to dissolve. Bake, 1 sheet at a time, until the cookies are lightly browned on the bottom and dry and crusty on top, but still soft inside, about 15 to 18 minutes.
- Place the baking sheet on a wire rack and let the cookies cool. While they are still warm and before the batter sets, carefully transfer them to a wire rack with a metal spatula. Then let them finish cooling on the wire rack.
- Press the center of each dome on the flat side with your fingertip to make a slight depression.
- Turn half the domes upside down and spoon about 1/2 teaspoon of apricot jam on the center of each. Then place a second dome right side up on top of each to make a sandwich.
- Lightly dust the balls with confectioners' sugar, then turn them upside down and dust the other side as well.
- Storage: Covered airtight in a tin cookie box or a cookie jar for up to 4 to 6 days. They look best if they are dusted with confectioners' sugar shortly before serving.
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Peoria, 41
<p><span><strong>I am a stay at home mom to two wonderful boys; Joshua (8years), Kaiden (5 years), and baby GIRL, Madalynn (19 months)! I also have two fur babies (cats); Kobee, AJ; we had to put our youngest cat Sly down Jan 2014. :(. I am also married to my best friend, Jeff and have been since April 2005. I love cooking, hate cleaning and will do whatever I can to get out of it! I love grilling and baking. I do most of the grilling at my house, and bake for almost a week straight at Christmas time! I can make or will attempt just about anything, though I rarely make brownies, my husband's are the best! Homemade breads are not my friend, so I am always working on bread baking.</strong></span></p>
<p><span><strong>As for recipe ideas (besides zaar) Cooking Light Cookbooks are my favorites. I love to make new meals and try new things; it is hard though because my husband is picky when it comes to veggies (and hates seafood); If it were up to him we would have baked-bread crumb chicken and white rice at least one meal a day! Over the past couple years with zaar, I have found tons of new recipes my family normally wouldn’t eat but have been happily surprised with new favorites.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span><strong>Cooking is my hobby and passion, I always like to host the family get togethers and volunteer for the potluck dishes. Most of all though are my kids; being home all day with them is fun and challenging, but I wouldn’t trade it for any salary!!</strong></span></p>