Tricolor Cookies
Ingredients
- 8 oz almond paste
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 sticks butter softened - 2 unsalted / 1 salted
- 4 lrg eggs separated
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 2 cups flour sifted
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 bag dark chocolate chips
- Seedless raspberry jam
- Apricot jam
- Green + red food coloring [?]
- Parchment paper
- Pam spray
Steps
- Mix almond paste + sugar till fine
- Add butter piece by piece
- Add almond extract [?]
- Add egg yolks
- Add sifted flour slowly
- Whip egg whites on high speed until stiff peaks
- Fold in egg whites to butter [?]
- Separate equal amounts into 3 bowls: one color per bowl (green, red, plain) [?]
- [?] spray with Pam then line with parchment (keeps paper anchored for spreading)
- Spread contents one bowl evenly across pan
Notes
- Cook layer @ 350°F ~8 min, until it doesn't look 'wet' and is spongey to touch [?]
- Let all 3 layers cool completely on their parchment paper
- Once cooled, spread thin layer of jelly across one layer, and other jelly across other layer [?]
- Stack layers [diagram: GREEN / jelly #1 / PLAIN / jelly #2 / RED]
- Wrap in plastic wrap, put in fridge with weight on top, refrigerate ~12 [?]
- Melt chocolate slowly in microwave @ 50% power, stir frequently. Spread on top layer [?]
- Sideways margin note: cut into squares while chocolate [?], wipe knife clean [?]
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