World Flavors Cookbook

Amygdalota (Greek Almond Cookies)

Chewy, fragrant almond cookies from the Greek islands, flavored with rose water and dusted with powdered sugar.

Cuisine: Greece

Ingredients

• 500g blanched almonds, ground
• 200g powdered sugar
• 3 egg whites
• 2 tbsp rose water or orange blossom water
• Extra powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. Mix ground almonds and sugar. Whisk egg whites until soft peaks form.
2. Fold egg whites and rose water into the almond mix to form a paste.
3. Shape into small pears or ovals.
4. Bake at 160°C for 15 minutes (they should remain white/pale).
5. While warm, spray with rose water and roll in powdered sugar.