Amaretti And Chocolate Amaretti Biscuits
- Amaretti Biscuits in their brightly coloured tins make a wonderful Christmas present, but how much better if you can make them yourself. Crisp on the outside and soft in the centre, particularly delicious with the addition of good quality cocoa. Perfect in a small box as a dinner gift or an abundant pile, wrapped in tissue as a special surprise.
Amaretti And Chocolate Amaretti Biscuits
Amaretti Biscuits
Makes 40 biscuits
- 2 tablespoons Amaretto
- 1 egg white
- 185g (6 1/2 oz) ground almonds
- 250g (9oz) caster sugar
- Icing sugar to dredge
For the chocolate Amaretti Biscuits
- All ingredients are the same but use 170g (6oz) ground almonds and 2 tablespoons cocoa powder mixed together, proceed as for the plain Amaretti
Method
- Preheat the oven to 18oc / 350f and line a baking sheet with parchment or baking paper
- Whisk the Amaretto and the egg whites together until the mixture is just foaming on the surface
- Mix the almonds and sugar together in a bowl and make a well in the centre
- Pour the egg white mixture into the well and mix together until it forms a ball
- Turn onto a work top sprinkled with icing sugar and knead until the dough forms a firm ball
- Divide into 40 equal sized pieces and roll into balls, roll the balls in icing sugar and place on the baking sheet
- Bake for 10 to 15 minutes until golden brown, the biscuits will crack across the surface
- As soon as you remove the biscuits from the oven sprinkle with icing sugar and leave to cool on a cooling rack
- Wrap in squares of tissue paper
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I love amaretti, and these look spectacular. Are these the crunchy kind, or the soft chewy kind?
*kisses* H
These are the soft chewy kind and so, so morish. GG
GG these look out of this world! Well done 🙂
Janie x
They are really yummy. GG
If only I could have the patience to wrap them all individually. Look yummy.
You could put them individually into a box and wrap that. GG
How long do you think these keep for GG? Naturally they wouldn’t last that long in my house but I’m thinking of possible Christmas gifts?
In a air tight tin or container they keep for about 5 days. GG
Thanks!
These are very pretty GG and I can see they would make beautiful Christmas gifts xx
I thought they’d make great hostess gifts and so quick to make. GG
Not sure why my friends don’t make me biscuits! I need to live closer to you GG.
Oh that would be fab!! GG
These look absolutely gorgeous GG! I seem to have caught the Christmas cookie bug too because I can’t stop making them! 😛
I know it’s great all that Christmas baking. GG
Thank you GG for posting this recipe! Amaretti are a favourite of mine! And lovely atop things like my poached rhubarb with sabayon!
I love that poached rhubarb with sabayon, great recipe. GG
These look gorgeous. I could pop a couple in my mouth right now.
Me too, and there goes another and another. GG
You’ve arranged them beautifully – they look so festive. 🙂
They are a wonderful addition to a Christmas table or just for tucking into in front of the telly. GG
I will need to run every day at this rate..these look ridiculously easy it would be rude not to give them a try.
Absolutely ridiculously easy, give them a go. GG
Oh GG! These look SO good!
Thank you. They taste great. GG
Thank you so much for posting your recipes. I love Amaretti but they are very hard to find here in New Hampshire.
These are so easy to make, and I think so much nicer than bought ones. Get baking. GG
GG, if I send you my address would you please send me some of these for Christmas? I love all things almond.
What a great idea, a celebration! GG
I have never had Amaretto, even in cookies, at least the ones that I have had. In fact, I have never had anyone give me Christmas cookies 🙁 I wish I lived closer. These look fabulous, and so christmasy!
Me too, wouldn’t that be fun. Amaretto is a great flavour and fab in these cookies. GG
nothing beats homemade biscuits as gifts and these look just the perfect recipe for celebrating this time of the year…glorious food 🙂
I agree, homemade gifts are so fun to give and receive. GG
I love the soft kind and wouldn’t these be perfect for gift giving!
I do too, these are perfect as a hostess gift or as an entire present, done up in tissue and ribbon. A vintage tin would be ideal. GG
BEAUTIFUL photos GG and such a fabulously festive recipe too, I can almost hear the bells on Santa’s reindeer! Karen
Thank you, these lasted no time in the Glam household. GG