Apricot Macaroons
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Serving Info :
30 Cookies
Ingredients :
- 3 cups sliced blanched almonds
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 large egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup Apricot jam
Directions :
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In food processor, finely grind almonds, sugar, and salt.
- Add egg whites and vanilla.
- Pulse until dough forms into a ball.
- With wet hands, shape level tablespoonfuls of dough into balls (dough will be sticky).
- Place on lined baking sheets.
- Flatten slightly.
- Using lightly floured end of wooden spoon, or thumb, make indentation in center of each ball.
- Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until golden brown, 15-20 minutes.
- Let cool 5 minutes, then transfer cookies to wire rack.
- While cooling, warm apricot jam in microwave until slightly liquefied and easy to spoon, check every 10 seconds.
- Spoon jam into indentations.