Citrus Almond Cookies (Gluten-Free)

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup 173 g cane sugar, plus more for rolling
• Zest of 2 oranges
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 2 cups 210 g almond flour
• 3 egg whites
• 2 teaspoons orange or lemon juice

  from the zested orange or lemon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract

Instructions

• 1 Place the sugar in a medium bowl and add the orange and lemon zest. Using your
  fingers, rub the sugar with the zest until it is light orange in color. Mix in
  the almond flour.
• 2 In a large bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric hand mixer
  [https://amzn.to/4gmyMPk] until they form medium peaks. Add in the orange or
  lemon juice and the almond extract. Stir in the almond flour and sugar mixture
  until a dough just forms.
• 3 Place in the fridge for at least 2 hours, or overnight.
• 4 When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Place sugar on a plate or
  a shallow bowl (about 1/2 cup) Roll the dough into 1 tablespoon balls and then
  roll in the sugar and place on a baking sheet.
• 5 The cookies won’t spread when baking, so you can either bake them as balls, or
  gently press down with a fork and place in the oven. Bake for 20 minutes, then
  remove and let cool for 10 minutes.
• 6 Transfer to a cooling rack [https://amzn.to/4dV4pOp] and let cool completely,
  then enjoy!

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