Cookie Recipes - Cherry Petits Fours Recipe

  
 

Nut and Spice Cookie Recipes - Cherry Petits Fours 

 

Ingredients 

  • 1 1/4 cups/125 g finely ground almonds

  • 3/4 cup/125 g confectioners'/icing sugar

  • 2 large egg whites

  • 1/8 tsp salt

  • 6 candied cherries, finely chopped

Method:

  1. Dust two cookie sheets with rice flour. Mix the almonds, confectioners' sugar, egg whites, and salt in a large bowl until smooth.

  2. Fit a pastry bag with a 1/2-inch (1-cm) star tip. Fill the pastry bag, twist the opening tightly closed, and squeeze out rosettes, spacing 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart on the prepared cookie sheets.

  3. Place a piece of candied cherry on top of each cookie. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

  4. Preheat the oven to 475°F/250°C/gas 9. Bake for 3-5 minutes, or until lightly browned at the edges. Transfer to racks to cool.