Step 1

Preheat the oven to 170ºC/150ºC fan.

Step 2

Line your baking sheet with baking parchment or bake-o-glide sheet.

Step 3

Put your egg whites (2 large egg whites) into a large bowl and beat on a medium speed until they form a firm peak.

Step 4

Put the ground almonds (190g), caster sugar (150g) and vanilla extract (¼ tsp) into a large bowl. Gently fold in the beaten egg white and then add in the Amaretto liquor (15ml) and keep stirring until you have a smooth paste.

Step 5

Put the icing sugar (3 tbsp) and caster sugar (3 tbsp) onto separate plates.

Step 6

Next break the mixture into 16 little balls (around 2-3cm in diameter) and roll each ball first in the caster sugar and then in the icing sugar before placing them on the baking tray. Allow about 3cm between each ball as they will spread a little in the oven.

Step 7

Place in the oven and cook for 15-17 minutes until they look like the ones in these pictures.

Step 8

Take them out of the oven, leave to cool for a couple of minutes on the tray and then place onto a cooling rack.