{"id":11966,"date":"2013-05-20T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T04:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=11966"},"modified":"2013-05-19T22:58:50","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T02:58:50","slug":"italian-almond-cookies-gluten-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/20\/italian-almond-cookies-gluten-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Almond Cookies, Gluten-Free by Coleen Hayden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here on our At Home with GCH <\/strong>blog, Monday\u2019s are always focused on healthy but oh-so-yummy!<\/em> recipes.\u00a0 Today\u2019s recipe makes a delicious, slightly decadent sweet which still fits into this category!\u00a0 This recipe has no\u00a0oil or butter, uses gluten-free almond flour which is high in protein, and can be made very successfully using alternative, unrefined sugars.<\/p>\n

These yummy little almond cookies are so reminiscent to me of Italian bakery cookies called \u2018amaretti.\u2019\u00a0 Going to make a confession here: I just l-o-v-e Italian bakery pastries!\u00a0 For my birthday, thank you but no birthday cake, please!\u00a0 Just a platter of mini pastry and almond cookies.\u00a0 For sure!\u00a0 So when my darling daughter, Kassia, called and told me that she had made \u2018amaretti\u2019 and they were gluten free\u2014happy me!\u00a0 Perhaps you will find these little cookies as delightful as I do; maybe even turn you into an amaretti fan!\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Italian Almond Cookies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>makes approximately 3 dozen cookies<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/span>:
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\n1+1\/4 cups superfine* sugar
\n3 room temperature egg whites
\n1\/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
\n1 teaspoon almond extract
\nextra sugar for dusting<\/p>\n

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Preheat oven to 300.\u00a0 Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.<\/p>\n

Using a food processor, blend together the almond flour and sugar for 30 seconds.\u00a0 Add both extracts, and pulse 5 or 6 times to blend.\u00a0 Add the egg whites ONE at a time, and continue to process the mixture \u2018til the dough is nice and smooth.<\/p>\n

Using a small cookie scoop, place teaspoons of the dough onto the lined cookie sheets, approximately 1″ apart.\u00a0 These cookies do not spread.\u00a0 Sprinkle the tops of the cookies with the extra sugar.\u00a0 Bake for 20-24 minutes for chewy cookies; 24-30 minutes for a slightly crispy cookie.\u00a0 Remove to a cooling rack.\u00a0 Easily stored in your favorite cookie jar!<\/p>\n

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*If, like me, you are using alternative sugars, put them into the food processor first and give them a 20 second whirl to pulverize them and make the sugar “super fine.”\u00a0 I used a mix of coconut sugar and evaporated cane juice sugar.<\/p>\n

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God loves you! \u00a0\u2665<\/span> \u00a0(Don\u2019t ever forget that!)<\/p>\n

\u2665\u00a0<\/span> coleen<\/p>\n

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If you would like to send a personal message to Coleen concerning this blogpost, you may email her at: Coleen@girlfriendscoffeehour.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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