Almond Snowballs
photo by flower7
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Serves:
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24
ingredients
- 1 cup ground almonds (measure 1 cup from ground almonds or almond meal)
- 3⁄4 cup icing sugar, plus extra to dust (confectioners sugar)
- 1 egg white
directions
- Preheat oven to 160°C ( 325°F ).
- Process ground almons in a food processor until a paste forms. This shoud take a couple of minutes. Use shorter bursts on the processor until completed.
- Add icing sugar and eggwhite and process until combined and smooth consistency.
- Roll 2 teaspoons of mixture at a time into balls. Then roll each ball into sifted icing sugar to coat thickly. (I make mine on the small side- will fit into a chocolate paper/foil wrapper after being cooked. You can make larger ones if you wish).
- Place on baking trays lined with baking paper and bake for 10 minutes. They will puff up as they cook.
- Cool on trays and then store in airtight containers.
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Reviews
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A direct quote: "I don't like almonds, but if I did like almonds, I'd give this five stars." I guess that about says it all! They were really easy to make ... the hardest part was finding almond flour! When I finally did find it, it was so expensive that I decided to just grind my own. I used a 9-oz can of almonds, and I had plenty of "flour" left over... but I only got 14 snowballs, not 24! Thanks for posting. Made for Photo Swap, January '08.
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I found these kind-of odd. The texture of the dough was like thick wallpaper paste and was incredibly sticky. I found wetting my hands slightly to be the best way of rolling the balls. The taste is good, but not outstanding. I used sliced almonds that I ground in the food processor, measured out 1 cup worth, then processed further to get a paste consistency. I am experimenting with gluten-free recipes for a friend, but I don't think this one will make the cut, sorry. I was glad to try it out though. [Made for Let's P-A-R-T-Y! 2009]
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Jubes
Australia
Aussie Mum - gluten-free