[blindcooks] Re: Greek Almond Biscuits

  • From: <tjweller@xxxxxxx>
  • To: blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 8:25:52 -0800

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,
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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.
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> What exactly is castor sugar? These sound great.
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> Tammy
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> On Nov 25, 2013, at 10:38 PM, "Valerie" <rosetta@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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 
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> Greek Almond Biscuits
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> 3 cups almond meal
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> 3 egg whites
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> 1 cup castor sugar
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> 1 cup flaked almonds
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> 3 drops almond essence
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> Heat oven to 180, line a tray with baking paper.  
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> 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.
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>  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. 
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