Italian Macaroons

== Ingredients ==
* 8 ounces of sweet almonds
* a little orange-flower water
* 1 pound of sifted sugar
* 3 egg whites
== Directions ==
# First blanch and pound sweet almonds (expose them to the air for a day or two before they are required to be pounded) with a little orange-flower water, sifted sugar, and the frothed egg whites.
# Smooth the ingredients by rubbing them well together, and add very gradually the frothed whites.
# When the paste looks soft and smooth, drop it, in quantities about the size of a walnut, through a funnel on to some wafer-paper.
# Bake on the ordinary plate, in a rather slow over, to a pale color.
# A strip or two of almond should be stuck on the top of each macaroon before baking.
# Time, fifteen to twenty minutes to bake.
Category:Italian Snacks
Category:Ethnic and Regional Cookies
Category:Almond Recipes
Category:Meringue cookie Recipes
Category:Egg white Recipes
Category:Orange flower water Recipes