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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Belgian >> Dutch

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 15 minutes, Preparation Time - 40 minutes

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| 1. Beat egg whites until foamy in a large glass or metal mixing bowl. Gradually add the white sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Lift your beater or whisk straight up: the egg whites should form a sharp peak that holds its shape. Fold in the almond meal, cinnamon, lemon zest, and vanilla. | 2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Transfer the meringue to a piping bag with a large plain tip (or a gallon-sized plastic zipper bag with the corner snipped off). Pipe the meringue into ladyfingers about 3 inches long. Set the pan aside and let the meringues dry at room temperature for 2 hours. | 3. Preheat an oven to 320 degrees F (160 degrees C). | 4. Bake the cookies on the middle oven rack until dried but not yet brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Allow them to cool completely. | 5. Make the filling by creaming the butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Stir in the vanilla. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler over just-barely simmering water, stirring frequently and scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching. | 6. To assemble the cookies, spread buttercream on the back of a cookie, sandwich it together with another cookie, and dip both ends in the melted chocolate. Let the dipped cookies dry on waxed paper or parchment. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
meringue cooky	Almond			-	-	-	-
egg white	8			137.28	1.9272	28.776	0.4488
white sugar	1 3/4	cups		1354.5	349.93	0.0	0.0
almond meal	5 1/4	cups		4346.8425	161.7866	158.7836	374.8495
cinnamon	1	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
zest lemon	1			-	-	-	-
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
buttercream filling				-	-	-	-
butter	3 1/2	tablespoons		299.25	13.7498	9.3502	25.2
confectioner sugar	1 1/4	cups	sifted	-	-	-	-
vanilla extract	1/4	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
chocolate	4	ounces	bittersweet chopped	678.132	52.0506	8.8339	48.3424

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.