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Meringues and Macaroons
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Christmas Macaroons

Frost macaroons with ornamental frosting, and decorate with a wreath of green frosting leaves tied with a red bow of frosting.

Almond Macaroons

Prepare macaroons as in recipe above, and before baking, sprinkle with almonds blanched, and shredded or chopped.

Almond Cakes
  • ½ pound almond paste
  • ½ cup confectioners' sugar
  • White of egg
  • Blanched almonds

Put almond paste and confectioners' sugar through a purée strainer, and work with spatula until well blended. Add just enough unbeaten white of egg to make mixture of such a consistency that it may be easily formed into balls. Roll each ball in slightly beaten white of egg, press two balls together for each cake, and where balls are joined insert in each ball half a blanched almond. Bake in a very slow oven.

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  • ½ pound almond paste
  • ½ cup confectioners' sugar
  • White 1 small egg
  • Chopped nuts

Work almond paste and sugar together on marble slab, add egg gradually, working it in

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