Cinnamon Stars Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups blanched almonds 1 lemon 1/3 cup room temperature egg whites 2-3 Pinch of salt 3 2/3 cups confectioners' sugar 1 tablespoon cinnamon Heat oven to 250 degrees. Butter and flour baking sheets. Grind almonds to a powder. Grate 1 1/2 tsp. zest from the lemon and squeeze about 2 tsp. Juice. Beat eggs whites and salt until foamy. Add 1/8-tsp. lemon juice and beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add 3 cups sugar and continue beating until whites form stiff peaks. Save 1/2 cup of this mixture. Stir almonds, cinnamon and zest into remaining whites. Gradually knead in up to 2/3-cup sugar to make a manageable dough. Sprinkle work surface with more sugar. Roll to 1/8 inch thick. Using a 2 1/2-inch star shaped cookie cutter, stamp out cookies. Gather and re-roll dough until it all has been used. Place on cookie sheets spacing 1 1/4 inches apart. Gradually stir up to 2-tsp. lemon juice into reserved egg-white mixture to make it spreadable. Spread a thin layer of icing on each star. Add more juice if icing starts to dry out. Bake cookies until they are beginning to brown and are crisp, but chewy, 20-30 minutes. Cool on racks. Makes about 50 cookies. Recipe from Brenda Hyde of Teatime at Seeds of Knowledge http://www.seedsofknowledge.com Share this page with a friend! Practical Kitchen.com - Cooking with Your Busy Life In Mind! http://www.practicalkitchen.com