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Chewy Amaretti Sandwich Cookies

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Photo by Romulo Yanes
Cooks' note:

Cookies can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature 1 day or frozen up to 1 month.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    1 hr

  • Yield

    Makes about 4 dozen

Ingredients

1 (7-ounce) tube pure almond paste (not marzipan; 3/4 cup)
1 cup sugar
2 large egg whites at room temperature for 30 minutes

Equipment:

a pastry bag with a 3/8-inch plain tip

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 300°F with racks in upper and lower thirds. Line 2 large (17- by 12-inch) 4-sided sheet pans with parchment paper.

    Step 2

    Pulse almond paste and sugar in a food processor until broken up, then add egg whites and pulse until smooth. Transfer to pastry bag and pipe 3/4-inch rounds (1/3 inch high) about 3/4 inch apart in pans. Dip a fingertip in water and gently tamp down any peaks.

    Step 3

    Bake, rotating and switching position of pans halfway through, until golden and puffed, 15 to 18 minutes.

    Step 4

    Wearing an oven mitt, rest 1 pan in sink at an angle. Lift top edge of parchment and slowly pour about 1/4 cup water between parchment and sheet pan so that all of parchment is lightly moistened (water will steam on pan, moistening bottom of cookies to help them stick together later). Repeat with remaining sheet pan. Cool cookies in pans on racks.

    Step 5

    Peel cookies from parchment and sandwich bottoms of cookies together

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