Cherry Macaroon Rosettes

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These look rather festive erstwhile decorated with reddish oregon greenish candied cherry halves astatine the center. But a full blanched almond, dipped successful lightly beaten ovum achromatic truthful it adheres to the cookie, tin basal successful erstwhile you service these cookies astatine different times of the year.

Canned almond paste is indispensable here; the benignant that comes arsenic a tiny log contains excessively overmuch sweetener and volition origin these cookies to flatten and dispersed excessively overmuch arsenic they bake.

You'll request a ample pastry container fitted with a 1/2-inch-wide prima tip.

The piped cookies request to air-dry astatine country somesthesia for 2 hours earlier baking. They tin beryllium stored for up to 1 week oregon frozen for up to 3 months.

Adapted from "Cookies Unlimited," by Nick Malgieri (William Morrow, 2000).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 50-60 tiny cookies

8 ounces canned almond paste, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces (see headnote)
1 cupful sugar
2 ample ovum whites
1 spoon vanilla extract oregon vanilla legume paste
25 candied reddish oregon greenish cherries, each chopped successful fractional (see headnote)

Nutritional Facts

Per cooky (based connected 60)

Calories
40
Fat
1 g
Carbohydrates
7 g
Sugar
6 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Cookies Unlimited," by Nick Malgieri (William Morrow, 2000).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 10, 2026