Ratafia Biscuits

"These are a Scottish cookie, used in some deserts."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
6
Yields:
2 dozen
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ingredients

  • 4 ounces sweet almonds, blanched and peeled
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 egg whites
  • 8 drops rose water
  • ice water
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directions

  • Preheat oven to 325°F Line a cookie sheet with brown paper (as from grocery bags).
  • Pound or grind the almonds as fine as possible.
  • Gradually add the sugar, egg whites, rose water and almond extract, beating until it becomes a thick paste.
  • Using a teaspoon dipped in ice water, drop little mounds of the mixture on the brown paper.
  • They will spread while baking, so place them about 2 inches apart.
  • Bake 20-22 minutes, or until puffy and delicately browned.
  • Remove the paper, biscuits and all, from the cookie sheet.
  • Let it cool for a few seconds while you wring out a cloth in cold water.
  • Lay the cloth out flat, and place the sheet of biscuits on top of it.
  • After a few minutes the paper will release its hold, and you can lift the biscuits off to cool on a rack.
  • Repeat the process (with fresh pieces of brown paper) until you have used all the batter.

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