Chocolate-Dipped Almond Cookies
Traditional Maltese almond cookies are super simple to make. There's just five ingredients! Unless you add dark chocolate and sea salt...
Servings 24
Ingredients
- 400 g almond flour approximately 4 1/4 cups
- 400 g caster sugar 2 cups, just blend regular sugar for 1 minute in the food processor
- 4 egg whites
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 24 whole almonds
- 100 g dark chocolate optional
- 1 g Mycryo optional
- 1 tsp coarse sea salt optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Combine almond flour, sugar, almond extract in a medium bowl.
- In a separate bowl, whisk egg whites until slightly foamy. Add to almond flour mixture.
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll mixture into 24 balls and place twelve on each sheet.
- Top each one one almond and bake for 15 minutes or until golden around the edges.
- Optional
- When cookies have cooled, place dark chocolate in double broiler or in microwave and heat, removing every 30 seconds to stir, until 104-113° F.
- Let cool to 93-95° F.
- Add Mycryo and stir until fully combined.
- Dip half of almond cookie in chocolate and place on parchment paper to dry.
- Top with sea salt