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Orange Almond Crisps

October 25, 2017 by Carine Clary Leave a Comment

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOrange Almond Crisps are hands down my favorite cookie (except for Coconut Meringues). Fancy people call this type of cookie a “Florentine” after Florence, Italy where they were first made – and thanks to them for that. To me they’re crispy so I call them crisps. (And yes I know that the featured picture above looks like a giant pile of toasted almonds but take my word for it, it’s about four cookies.) Florentines are the minimalist apotheosis of the flavored toasted nut as opposed to the gooey sugar bomb that is a praline.

What you need

If you’re making anything requiring a lot of egg yolks make this after you’re done and the crisps will be what we call “lagniappe,” which is Cajun French for “something extra.” Plus they freeze. Plus they rock with vanilla ice cream. Plus they are great with coffee. Plus they crumble beautifully making it possible to eat them with fingers you’ve licked for just that purpose. Eaten this way they’re trail mix for hipsters and socialites, maybe even socialists!

The egg whites and sugar are basically only glue to keep the almonds together and distribute the flavor of the orange rind and almond extract. When everything is mixed together it should look like the picture below, that is to say, mostly almonds.

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Onto the cookie sheet & into the oven

So when they’re mixed, just brush some oil on the cookie sheet, drop them on, smooth them out a bit, slide ’em into the oven and fifteen minutes later or so you’re done.

And try them with this:

Vanilla Ice Cream


Orange Almond Crisps
 
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Author: Carine Clary
Cuisine: Southern, Italian
Ingredients
  • Vegetable oil for brushing
  • 2 egg whites
  • grated zest of one orange
  • ½ tsp. almond extract
  • ⅔ cup powdered sugar
  • 2¾ cup sliced almonds
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 300.
  2. Whisk sugar into egg whites until well combined.
  3. Grate orange into the mixture and stir. Add almond extract.
  4. Stir in almonds.
  5. Brush vegetable oil on a cookie sheet.
  6. Drop tablespoons of the mixture onto the cookie sheet.
  7. Flatten just a little with the back of an oiled spoon so the cookies will toast evenly.
  8. Cook until lightly brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.
Notes
You may add more orange rind than called for in the recipe. It's almost impossible to have too much.
You may also add a half teaspoon of orange flower water if you have it. It's a more delicate and nuanced form of orange than the rind.
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Filed Under: Christmas, Cookies, Desserts, Italian, Mardi Gras, New Year's, Southern Tagged With: almond cookies with orange zest

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