susie_flo | Almond Crescents Recipe

I'm posting this recipe because I got it off a TV show but can't find a written replica of it anywhere on the internet. I will definitely want to make these again (hence this is an aide memoir).

These are, in equal part, the easiest and the most delicious biscuits I've ever had. I am not usually a fan of biscuits, but these verge on being cakes.... very light, chewy and gooey in the middle. Divine.

The recipe contains no flour or butter... nothing but almonds, egg white and sugar. They take about 5 minutes to prepare.

Ingredients

- 100g caster sugar
- 200g ground almonds
- the whites of 2 large eggs
- finely grated zest of an orange
- A handful of flaked almonds

Method

1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees C and line a baking tray with parchment paper

2. Combine the ground almonds, sugar and orange zest in a mixing bowl

3. Gradually add the egg whites and mix with your fingers until the mixture forms a rough dough (it should hold together into a ball but not be too wet. Use only as much egg white as is needed to achieve this.)

4. Transfer it onto a surface and shape into a rough sausage shape, then cut up into approx 15 equal pieces.

5. Shape each piece into a litle crescent shape with your fingers and put on the parchment paper

6. scatter the crescents with flaked almonds and press down slightly so that each one is covered

7. Cook for approx 15 mins, until they are just beginning to brown at the edges

8. Cool on a wire rack

Enjoy