This is a recipe from the Island of Malta. You can shape them into Hearts and decorate with a Maraschino Cherry (Whole Foods has sans food coloring). These cookies have 2 versions: vegan and traditional with egg whites.
Bake @ 400F for 8-10 mins. Makes 84 x 2inch round cookies
Ingredients:
4 cups ground almonds
1.5 cups oat bran
2 cups sugar
5 egg whites (or egg substitute)
2 Tbsp Almond Essence
Pinch of salt
Sliced Almonds or Maraschino Cherries, cut cherries in half, let it drain, set aside.
Edible Premium Wafer Paper 8.25″ x 11.75″ Pkg of 20 for Cake or Food Decorating (I bought these on Amazon) – cut these into circles or hearts for Valentines one sheet should give you 12 circles (about 2 inch or so diameter) or 4 hearts
Mix almonds and bran in a large bowl and set aside. Mix the rest of the ingredients (except decorating cherry and sliced almonds) and mix with an electric beater until well mixed. Fold this into the dry ingredients.
Put the Wafer Paper cutouts on baking pan. Roll the cookie mixture into 1 inch balls and place on Wafer Paper. Use dampened fingers and press down dough, leaving a small edge of Wafer Paper.
Be careful not to get the dough onto the baking sheet as the dough will stick to the pan. Decorate with sliced almond or cherry before baking.
Bake 400 degree F x 8-10 until cookie edges are a very light brown
Will be bringing these to share at work on Valentine’s Day.
Remind people that the paper is edible. Some people waste quite a bit of time trying to peel the paper off đŸ˜‰
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