There is no excuse not to make these cookies. We cannot take refuge in difficulty or in time so as not to try them. The Florentines They are very simple cookies made with an egg white and almond base, to which other ingredients and aromas can also be added.
Today we limit ourselves to preparing the simplest version and flavoring it with orange. It is up to you to modify it and incorporate other aromas or partially dip them in chocolate once they are cold. Serve them in the afternoon snack, accompanying a good coffee or tea, they will fly!
- Egg whites 2
- 100 g. sugar glass
- 250 g. sliced almonds
- Zest of an orange
- Buy
- We preheat the oven at 160ºC and brush the oven tray with oil.
- In a bowl we mix the egg whites, the sugar, the orange zest and the sliced almonds.
- We moisten our hands in a bowl with cold water and we take small portions of dough that we will place in piles on the tray oven, well spaced. Next, we dip a fork in the water and crush each mound to create a thin cookie.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden.
- We take out and Let it cold down In the tray and with a trowel we separate them from the tray and store them in an airtight jar.