RICCIARELLI DI SIENA ALMOND COOKIES, original recipe, perfect to gift at Christmas, soft and tasty with egg white, without butter, oil, and yeast, typical sweets that are prepared quickly, perfect idea for the holidays.
Delicious Ricciarelli di Siena are very simple and quick cookies to prepare with peeled almonds, orange scented, great to gift by placing them in a tin box.
The recipe for Ricciarelli di Siena is very simple, prepare the mixture and let it rest in the fridge for 2-3 hours or the night before, then it takes a few minutes to cook them.
Follow me in the kitchen today there are Ricciarelli di Siena.
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Rest time: 3 Hours
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 16-18
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
- 7 oz peeled almonds
- 7 oz sugar
- 2 tsp orange zest
- 2 egg whites
- 2 drops almond flavor (bitter)
Steps
Pour the almonds with sugar and orange zest into a mixer and blend everything.
Add the almond flavor and egg whites without whipping them, mix well with a fork, put the mixture in the fridge covered with plastic wrap for 3 hours.
After the time has passed, take the mixture from the fridge and form a cylinder about 10 inches long.
Cut it into slices about an inch thick then take each piece and roll them in plenty of powdered sugar that you will have placed on a plate.
Flatten the pieces and shape the cookies making points at the ends.
Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, bake and cook in the preheated oven at 320°F for about 18 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool before serving, perfect for gifting by placing them in a tin box.
Bon appétit
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Simple and great, ready in no time, you can modify the recipe using walnuts or hazelnuts, they are very soft inside and crunchy outside, a perfect Christmas gift.

