Almond snowballs for Jeanette

Make these delicious almond biscuits with extract rather than essence – extract comes straight from the nuts, so a genuine flavour is guaranteed.

My mum LOVES these!

By Mary Berry

From Mary Makes Christmas

Ingredients

• 2 free-range egg whites
• 100g/3½oz caster sugar
• 175g/6oz ground almonds
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 55g/2oz blanched almonds, chopped
• 55g/2oz icing sugar, sifted

Method

1. Line two large baking trays with baking paper. Place the egg whites in a large bowl and whisk with a hand-held whisk until they look like clouds. Slowly add the caster sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until stiff and glossy.

2. Gently fold in the ground almonds, almond extract and chopped almonds until well incorporated (be careful not to knock any air out of the mixture). Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.

3. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Place the icing sugar in a large bowl. Using wet hands, shape the mixture into 24 balls and coat in the icing sugar. Place on the baking trays, leaving space for the balls to spread.

4. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes, until pale golden and a hard crust has formed. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/almond_snowballs_48356