Cantucci

Summary

Ingredients

• 200 g almond (s)
• 2 egg (s)
• 200 g suar
• 1 teaspoon yeast (dry yeast)
• 250 g flour
• 1 pinch (s) salt

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Instructions

1. Pour almost boiling water over the almonds and let them stand for a moment. Then drain, peel and halve. Lightly toast the almond halves in a pan without fat.
2. Beat eggs and sugar until frothy. Mix the flour with the yeast and sift over the egg-sugar mixture, add the salt and almonds and knead everything.
3. Cover and let rest for about half an hour.
4. Shape the dough into three even rolls, place on a baking sheet with baking paper and bake in a preheated oven at 175 ° C for about 40 minutes.
5. Immediately after baking, cut diagonally into approx. 1 cm wide slices. Let it cool down and serve with coffee, punch or tea.

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