Ratafia Biscuits

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces sweet almonds, blanched and peeled
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 egg whites
• 8 drops rose water
• ice water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f line a cookie sheet with brown paper (as from grocery bags).
• 2 pound or grind the almonds as fine as possible.
• 3 gradually add the sugar, egg whites, rose water and almond extract, beating until it becomes a thick paste.
• 4 using a teaspoon dipped in ice water, drop little mounds of the mixture on the brown paper.
• 5 they will spread while baking, so place them about 2 inches apart.
• 6 bake 20-22 minutes, or until puffy and delicately browned.
• 7 remove the paper, biscuits and all, from the cookie sheet.
• 8 let it cool for a few seconds while you wring out a cloth in cold water.
• 9 lay the cloth out flat, and place the sheet of biscuits on top of it.
• 10 after a few minutes the paper will release its hold, and you can lift the biscuits off to cool on a rack.
• 11 repeat the process (with fresh pieces of brown paper) until you have used all the batter.