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A quick, easy recipe for macaroons which are dairy and gluten free and contain no cholesterol. These delicious almond cookies make a great dessert or snack for the whole family.
Preparation time: 3 minutes Cooking time: 15 minutes Difficulty rating: Easy
Ingredients
Makes 15 serves
- 3 cups almond flour
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1 tsp almond essence
- 3 egg whites
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C in a conventional oven.- Grease the cookie tray.
- Mix the almond flour and sugar.
- Mix egg whites with almond essence and whisk for 30 seconds.
- Add egg white mixture to almond mixture and stir until it forms a thick paste.
- Roll the mixture into balls and place on tray.
- Bake for about 15 minutes until golden.
Tips
- Save money by making the almond flour yourself. To do this just place raw almonds in a food processor and process until they are a fine powder.
- Use the egg yolks from this recipe to make egg custard.
- For adults, add a whole almond to the top of each biscuit prior to baking and decorate with a little sifted icing sugar once cooled.
Nutritional content
Nutritional analysis per serve:
| Energy | 740.93 kJ 177.09 cal |
| Protein | 5.13 g |
| Total fat | 13.13 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.89 g |
| Carbohydrates | 9.17 g |
| Total sugars | 9.17 g |
| Fibre | 2.11 g |
| Sodium | 8.2 mg |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Potassium | 182.52 mg |
| Calcium | 60.28 mg |
| Iron | 0.94 mg |
| Zinc | 0.89 mg |
References
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Date Created: August 31, 2012
Date Modified: August 2, 2013 
