When I was at the eye doctor last week, he was telling me that his wife had just made almond macaroons and biscotti. I could not stop thinking about the almond macaroons! When I lived in Louisiana, there was a cookie shop not too far from where I worked. It was close enough that almost every day, someone from the office ran down there and got cookies. One of my very favorites was almond macaroons but they rarely had them. I was always so happy when I happened to be in there and these cookies were available.
The good thing about keeping a little bit of everything in my pantry is that I had almond paste and was able to pull out a can and make almond macaroons. I know Vince would have preferred biscotti so maybe I’ll make that today.
Almond Macaroons
These are probably the easiest cookies ever! And the best part . . the recipe only makes 12 cookies . . 8 for me and 4 for Vince! 🙂 They’re crunchy on the outside and chewy and moist on the inside. Delicious!
Almond Macaroon
One thing about the recipe . . you know how the sizes of cans change . . some almond paste is 8 ounces, some is 7 ounces and there are probably other sizes. If your can is larger or smaller, adjust the sugar and use less than a whole egg white or more, depending on the amount of almond paste or . . you could do like I did and just eat some of the almond paste to get rid of the extra!
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patty says
I love almond and I love cookies so I must make these! I have never bought almond paste so I will have to do some searching to find where they keep it in the grocery store. Thanks for the recipe!
Sharon G says
I’m headed to the grocery store today – I may have to pick up some almond paste and make these. They sound so good!
Sherrill says
HA! I LOVE your division of the cookies!! And I love coconut macaroons AND almond so quite sure I’ll LOVE these as well! Thanks Judy!!
Pat says
I am completely dense this morning….when do the egg whites go in?
We used to get coconut macaroon cookies from a bakery in New Zealand that were dipped just a bit in dark chocolate!
Mary Jo says
Pat asked the same question I have. The idea of almond macaroons makes my mouth water! I will probably be at the grocery store by lunchtime!
JudyL says
Sorry. I fixed it.
Dottie N. says
YUM – I can “almost” taste them!! One of my FAVORITE cookies!!
Karin Vail says
I guess I expected coconut when I saw macaroon, I thought they would be almond AND coconut. They sound fabulous though!
Liz says
Judy thanks for the recipe, when you get a minute (Ha) will you post your biscotti recipe?