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Lemon-Almond Tuiles

3.8

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Olive oil is a perfect (and extra-flavorful) nondairy alternative to butter for these tuiles, which defy logic by being both gossamer (potato starch gives them a melt-in-your-mouth quality) and sublimely crisp.

Cooks' notes:

·If cookies become too crisp to curl, return to oven to soften 1 minute.
·Cookies keep in an airtight container at room temperature 1 week.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    45 min

  • Yield

    Makes about 18 cookies

Ingredients

1/4 cup sugar
1 large egg white
6 tablespoons potato starch
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, or 1/4 cup olive oil
3/4 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract

Equipment:

Equipment: a 17- by 11-inch nonstick bakeware liner such as a Silpat; a small offset spatula

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle. Line a large baking sheet with liner.

    Step 2

    Whisk together sugar and egg white until sugar has dissolved. Whisk in remaining ingredients until smooth.

    Step 3

    Spoon 1/2 tablespoon of batter for each cookie, 2 inches apart and in staggered rows, on baking sheet (about 6 cookies), spreading with offset spatula into 4-inch-long cookies (straight or curvy). Bake until pale golden, 7 to 8 minutes. Transfer cookies, while still hot, with a spatula to a rack to cool completely, or curl cookies by draping them over a rolling pin to cool.

    Step 4

    Cool sheet and liner before baking more tuiles in same manner.

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