Paste di Mandorla is a popular almond cookie in Sicily. These are also known as baked Marzipan. The recipe is super simple but ends up as these pretty and tasty cookies. Hint of lemon zest in these cookies elevates the taste to a new level, Yummm !!!:).. Its holiday season now, its the season for sharing sweet treats with teachers and friends. This is one of our new additions to the basket of treats:).
Ingredients
almond flour 1 cup
sugar 1/2 cup
large egg white 1 (don’t beat it)
lemon zest 1/2 – 3/4 tsp
vanilla extract 2 tsp
honey 1 tsp
Powdered sugar to roll
Method
Mix all ingredients except powdered sugar into a dough with your hands, spoon or mixer.
Chill in fridge for an hour.
Preheat oven at 350 degrees F.
Divide into 12 balls, roll lightly in powdered sugar.
Place them on parchment-lined cookie sheet.
Bake for 15 mins.
Cool for a few minutes on cookie sheet and transfer to a cooling rack.
Enjoy cookies with tea or coffee!!
bnpassion 
One of my favorite cookies. So tasty! 🙂
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Thanks Ronit Penso!.. So true everyone in my family instantly loved it 🙂
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Yummmy! Really want to try these
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Thank you 🙂 !. Do try it and drop me a line on how it turns out .. Happy Baking !!!
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Hi Neetha. Wonderful recipe. I love making these ahead of time and storing the dough in the refrigerator. They taste so yummy fresh out of the oven.
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Thank you so much Ellie! Yah make ahead recipes r my fav too.. 😊.
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I have a cookie party this weekend and I made a batch this evening. They turned out perfect. I’ll let my friends know where I found the recipe.
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Thank you Ellie! That’s very kind of you 😊.. Glad they turned out perfect.. Enjoy the cookies and have a great weekend!!
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Love these – tweeted this on @bakeandwrite
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Thanks a lot Robbie !! Very kind of you to tweet about it 🙏🏻😊 …
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These look delicious! And so simple! I’ll have to try them. I’m doing a countdown on my blog if you want to follow: https://bernbakes.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/countdown-to-christmas-dec-18th-2016/ 😋😊😊
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Thank you Bernadine! Yes this is a very easy recipe 😊.. do drop me a line after you try them!
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Id love to !
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Yummy! 🍓
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Thanks Gail !! 😊
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Always! 🍓
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Great tea time snack! Crunchy!!
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Thanks Sumith! 🙂
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Thank you so much for the recipe mam… I tried this and came out well but it’s very soft.. is this cookie texture is very soft or I got it like this.. confused with texture, please let me know..
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Thanks a lot for trying my recipe Nirmala.. Glad it turned out well.. Yes, this is a soft cookie not the crunchy kind.. you got it right 😊..
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Wow. Tell me if it meant to be soft in middle. I like it like thar
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Thanks. Yes the middle will be soft. The cookie is not the crunchy kind.
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oh my word, they look amazing ..love that you add lemon zest am tempted to try this! Thanks for sharing !
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Thanks Nisha. Glad to know that you liked the addition of lemon zest. Hope you got to try it out. Happy New year in advance..
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Happy new year dear Neetha!
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