Basic recipe makes about 20-25 amaretti
Notes: The amaretti are done if they’re soft to the touch, yet expanded and “cracked”.
Recipe Details
Serves: 4 people
Difficulty: Easy
Created 2 November, 2025
Updated 4 November, 2025
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Ingredients
Instructions
- Mix the dry ingredients together for about a minute on low speed in your kitchen mixer. If Kenwood, use the K-beater.
- Set your oven to fan, 160 C
- Place egg-whites in a bowl and beat with a fork for 30-60 seconds until frothy.
- Add the egg whites to the kitchen machine and mix on lowest speed with the K-beater for about 1-2 minutes. To make life easier, just buy egg whites in the supermarket. You need roughly 60 g.
- Add 1.5 tsp almond extract to the mix
- Take two teaspoons and shape small balls of dough. Lay them out on the parchment paper on your oven tray.
- Cook for approximately 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
- Dust with powdered sugar if desired.