
Ergolavi (Greek Almond Cookies)
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Greek
Seasonal Event:
Christmas
Ingredients
- 6 cups almonds
- 2 ¼ cups sugar
- ¾ cups powdered sugar
- 3 egg whites
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
DIRECTIONS:
- Blanch almonds to remove skins, then dry in oven at 200˚ F. Make sure they don’t toast, just dry.
- Pulverize almonds in food processor until made into fine meal.
- Mix almonds with both sugars, then fold in egg whites and almond extract with spatula until it makes a thick paste.
- Heat oven to 300˚ F. Butter a baking sheet.
- Shape cookie into horn shapes (they will spread).
- Bake 20-25 minutes, then remove and cool before serving.