Ingredients
3 cups of ground blanched almonds
1 cup sugar (not filled to the brim)
Zest of two lemons
2-3 eggs (depends on the dough)
Directions:
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Mix the dry ingredients together (almonds, sugar, and lemon zest). Then, you are going to add the eggs, one at a time to the mixture, kneading it together until a soft dough forms.
Sprinkle some flour over the table and roll the dough out. Cut it into diamond shapes, or which ever shape you prefer.
Before placing the cookies on the pan, put aluminum foil over the baking pan, and sprinkle some flour over it. Cook at 350 degrees, until their bottoms are slightly brown. Do not let them brown on top.
Let them cool.
For the icing, beat two egg whites until light and fluffy. Beat in two teaspoons of lemon juice and 3 tablespoons orange blossom water, and then add powdered sugar gradually, until the mixture becomes thick, like cake batter.
Dip the cookies in the icing and let them dry overnight.
