Strawberries & Cream Amaretti Cookies {gluten free}

Guest Post: Strawberries & Cream Amaretti Cookies {gluten free}

I was inspired by the classic summer pairing of Strawberries & Cream, which I thought would be perfect atop a chewy amaretti cookie. They’re pretty simple to put together, and also are gluten free!

Guest Post: Strawberries & Cream Amaretti Cookies {gluten free}

These cookies are perfect for tennis season! During Wimbledon matches, the classic pairing of strawberries and cream is served to the spectators. It’s refreshing, cool and summery-sweet. I took inspiration from this and translated it to cookie form! I piped vanilla whipped cream into a chewy, thumb-printed amaretti cookie, and topped it with a sliced strawberry. I also drizzled some white chocolate onto some of them, kind of overkill, but it looks nice (haha).

Strawberries & Cream Amaretti

A chewy almond cookie topped with vanilla whipped cream and halved strawberries. A perfect Wimbledon dessert for tennis season.
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Course: Cookies
Cuisine: British
Keywords: almond, cream, gluten free, strawberries
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups blanched almonds
  • 1 cup powdered sugar (icing sugar)
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp almond extract optional
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 cup heavy cream (double cream)
  • 1 tsp vanilla paste or vanilla extract
  • 10-15 small strawberries hulled, halved

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 300 F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a food processor, combine the almonds with the powdered sugar, 1/4 cup of the granulated sugar and the almond extract. Blend until you get a fine almond meal texture (you’ll have to scrape down the sides every now and then).
  • In a large bowl, whisk the egg whites whilst slowly pouring in the remaining 1/4 cup of granulated sugar. Continue to whisk until you can make stiff peaks in the mixture. Add the ground almond mixture to the whisked egg whites and fold in until fully incorporated (you don’t have to be toogentle, but make sure you don’t knock all the air out of the mixture when doing this).
  • Transfer the batter to a piping bag with a wide, plain tip and pipe 2″ diameter domes onto the lined cookie sheet (or you can just drop the batter by heaped teaspoons onto the baking sheet). Bake for 10-12 minutes until the edges are just starting to become golden.
  • When you remove the cookies from the oven, immediately push in the domed centre using the end of a wooden spoon or pen, making an indent about the size of a thumb print. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack.
  • In a large bowl combine the heavy cream and vanilla paste/extract and whisk until it become just thick enough to hold its shape. Transfer to a piping bag with a medium star tip, and pipe swirls of whipped cream into the indent of each cookie (again, you could also just use a teaspoon to dollop the cream into the cookies). Top each cookie with a halved strawberry and serve immediately, or refrigerate until just before serving.

Notes

-when blending the almonds and sugar, make sure you don’t over process the mixture as it will start to clump up, and turn into almond butter.
-when whipping the cream, you know you NEED TO STOP whisking if it starts to appear grainy at all (this is a sign you are over whisking it, and you’ll soon have a lump of butter sitting in a puddle of buttermilk! If it does start to become grainy, immediately stir in some un-whisked heavy cream to bring it back together, then stop mixing as soon as it has been incorporated).
-if you’re feeling the extra fancy vibe and want to drizzle on white chocolate to the cookies, go for it! (it doesn’t really translate in flavour, and is more effort, so I haven’t included it in the recipe steps, but for anyone that’s interested here’s what I did…) I melted some white chocolate over a bainmarie, transferred it to a sandwich bag, and cut off the very tip of one corner of the bag. I then used it like a piping bag to drizzle the chocolate over the cookies.
Tried this recipe?Let me know how it went! Mention @izyhossack or tag #topwithcinnamon!

25 thoughts on “Strawberries & Cream Amaretti Cookies {gluten free}”

  1. I just discovered you from your guest post on The Vanilla Bean. I’m so excited to find your blog. These look really good. I hope you have more delicious looking gluten free recipes.

    • I am going crazy for them, it’s finally time for fruits and after months of basically only apples and bananas, you’d better believe I am now becoming the fruit queen! haha
      It’s barely ‘summer’ here though, still grey skies and infrequent rain down-pours :/

  2. Beautiful! I just started following the Vanilla Bean Blog on Pinterest but I haven’t had the chance to check out the blog yet. Here I go! (down the rabbit hole…)

  3. So pretty! I have plenty of strawberries to use up and these would be another perfect treat.

  4. Found the best app for sharing recipes ever! It’s called Heirloom Recipes my mother just got it today and emailed me a recipe and I got the free version to try it and OMG I imported the recipe right into the app no typing or anything! The email had the link to the free one: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id617619870. I’m going to put this recipe in it and send it back to her so she can make it for my dad. This is the perfect gluten free recipe for mom to make him seeing that is is simple to make and yet still so delicious. Thanks!!!

  5. I just mad these for a 4th of july party…turned out really well….everyone loved….followed recipe expected i just used raw almonds not blanched so omitted the almond extract….great, light and fluffy!

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