Almond macaroons
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Ingredients:
* 150 g icing sugar, sifted
* 1 egg, beaten
* 225 g ground almonds
* 2 teaspoons finely, grated lemon rind
* 1 teaspoon imitation vanilla essence
* 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* extra icing sugar, for garnish
Preparation:
(Combine egg and sugar and add to ground almond mixture.on a floured board, roll mixture into a sausage shape and cut into 24 slices.Roll each slice into a ball with oiled hands and flatten into 4 cm rounds.Place on prepared tray and sprinkle with icing sugar. Bake until golden.)
Preheat oven to 180°C. in a large mixing bowl combine icing sugar and beaten egg. beat until mixture is white.in another bowl combine ground almonds, lemon rind, vanilla essence and cinnamon and gradually mix into beaten sugar and egg mixture. Knead dough in bowl until pliable, about 5 minutes. Cover with tea-towel and leave to mature for 15 minutes.On a lightly floured surface roll out dough to a long thin sausage shape about 4 cm thick. Cut into twenty four segments and roll each segment into an even-sized ball.
Lightly oil the palms of your hands and flatten each ball into rounds about 4 cm in diameter. Place biscuits on a buttered baking tray,
giving them plenty of room to spread while baking, and sprinkle with icing sugar. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden. Cool on wire rack.Store in airtight container.
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