Chocolate Almond Crisps

Ingredients

• 2 cups ground blanched almonds
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
• 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 large egg whites

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 325°F.

2. 2

   Line a couple of cookie trays with parchment paper.

3. 3

   In a food processor, process the almonds with the sugar until finely ground.

4. 4

   Add the cocoa, spices and broken up chocolate and process again, until the chocolate is finely ground.

5. 5

   Process in the egg whites and the extract until it blends and forms a mass.

6. 6

   Remove the dough, let sit for about 5 minutes.

7. 7

   Roll out on a board sprinkled with icing sugar.

8. 8

   Cut with cookie cutters and place on the trays.

9. 9

   Bake in the centre of the oven for 10 to 12 minutes until almost firm and slightly puffed; they should not be browned.

10. 10

    Let cool then peel from the paper.