Delicious Italian Almond Cookies A Taste Of Italy Egg Free

You can make our Amaretti recipe with simple ingredients, without eggs and butter, to suit vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free diets. This centuries-old dessert will make your travel to Italy, where this recipe is on most families’ tables, especially during festive occasions, next to a small cup of espresso. Dietary Note: this recipe is suitable for a vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free diet. It’s low in cholesterol and saturated fats.Don’t have time to read the full blog post? JUMP TO RECIPE HERE!

What are Italian almond cookies?

Ingredients and substitutions for Italian almond cookies

Storage

More Italian desserts

They are often served after a special meal around the winter holidays, alongside other seasonal cookies like Ricciarelli, biscotti, and red wine cookies. Italian almond cookies are unique in their irresistible texture: the perfect balance of crisp and chewy with a bold almond flavor. Their sweet flavor makes them perfect to be enjoyed next to a small cup of strong Italian espresso. This blog post shows you how to make almond cookies without eggs. Our simple recipe yields a cookie that is every bite as delicious as the ones I ate growing up with my Italian family.

Aquafaba

We use aquafaba, the water found in a can of chickpeas, as a replacement for egg whites in this recipe. Thanks to its foaming properties, it makes the perfect egg white replacement.

Almond flour

It’s best to use store-bought almond flour for the best vegan almond cookies. Homemade almond flour from ground almonds can be tricky to use for this recipe. Often, it’s too coarse, and the cookies won’t hold their shape.

Sugar

We use white granulated sugar or caster sugar.

Almond extract

You can use almond extract or, more traditionally, amaretto liqueur to boost the almond flavor.

Vanilla extract

To complement the almond extract.

Powdered sugar

Sprinkle on top of the cookies.

Baking powder

We use a small amount, just enough to help them rise. They are generally eaten at the end of a meal or as a snack in the middle of the afternoon. If you eat them after a meal, they are best served with a glass of sweet wine or warm plant milk on the side. As the Italian tradition says, the cookies and biscuits are typically served on an abundant tray of cookies and accompanied by other types of Italian sweets. In many homes, they are also eaten for breakfast, mid-morning, and afternoon snacks at any time! You could stretch the storage time to two weeks, but the cookies will get drier. In this case, you can warm them slightly in the oven before serving them.