Good Morning Valarie, That helps a lot. I live in Las Vegas, NV. I am going to try to find castor sugar in the store now that I know what it is. Thanks again, -- Tammy ---- Valerie <rosetta@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Tammy, Here we have three types of white sugar, a course grained white > table sugar, a finer grained white sugar, often used for cake making, this > is castor sugar and then there's a powdered sugar called icing sugar, but I > believe icing sugar is confectionary sugar in the States? So castor sugar > is a fine grained white sugar. Hope that explains it O.K., Cheers. Valerie. > > > > > _____ > > From: blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tammy Weller > Sent: Tuesday, 26 November 2013 6:35 PM > To: blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [blindcooks] Re: Greek Almond Biscuits > > > > What exactly is castor sugar? These sound great. > > > > Tammy > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 25, 2013, at 10:38 PM, "Valerie" <rosetta@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I meant to say in the earlier post with the recipe for Greek Almond Biscuits > that I had sent it to another list, but thought also that blind cooks people > might like to give them a try. They are lovely biscuits and the recipe > comes from my daughter. Cheers. Valerie > > > > > > > > > > Greek Almond Biscuits > > > _____ > > > > > 3 cups almond meal > > 3 egg whites > > 1 cup castor sugar > > 1 cup flaked almonds > > 3 drops almond essence > > > > Heat oven to 180, line a tray with baking paper. > > > > Place egg whites in a bowl and lightly beat, stir in sugar, almond meal and > almond essence. Mix together well, mixture should be slightly sticky. Take > one tablespoon at a time of the mixture, roll into little logs, repeat with > all the mixture. > > > > Spread flaked almonds on a large plate, roll each biscuit into the almonds, > pressing any leftover nuts onto biscuits. Place logs on lined baking tray > and cook for 15 - 18 minutes. > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3130 - Release Date: 09/12/10 > 16:04:00 >