Cookie Recipes - Walnut Crispies Recipe

  
 

Meringue Recipes - Walnut Crispies Recipe

Ingredients

  •  2 1/3 cups/350 g walnut halves

  • 1 1/3 cups/270 g granulated sugar

  • 3 large eggs

  • grated zest and juice of 1/2 lemon

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 325°F/170°C/gas 3. Line three cookie sheets first with parchment paper and then rice paper.

  2. Spread the walnuts on a large baking sheet. Toast for 7 minutes, or until lightly golden.

  3. Process in a food processor or blender with 1/3 cup (50 g) of sugar until finely ground.

  4. Beat the eggs and the remaining sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and thick.

  5. Mix in the lemon zest and juice and ground walnuts. Drop rounded teaspoons of the mixture onto the prepared cookie sheets, spacing them 1 1/2 inches (4 cm) apart.

  6. Bake, one sheet at a time, for 12-15 minutes, or until lightly browned.

  7. Transfer the cookies still on the parchment paper to racks to cool. Tear away the excess rice paper from around the cookies.