Christmas Cinnamon cookies

 

Ingredients for about 80 cookies:
3 egg whites
8 oz. powdered sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 drops almond extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
14 oz. ground almonds

How to make:

Whip egg whites to a peak. Sift powdered sugar
and slowly add to egg whites.
Set aside 3 tablespoons of egg whites to decorate cookies.
Add vanilla, almond extract, cinnamon and
ground almonds. Put dough into a plastic bag
and roll out to about 1/4 inch. Refrigerate bag
for about 15 minutes. Cut bag open. Cut out
cookies with a 2 inch star shaped cookie cutter
and transfer onto baking pan lined with
 parchment paper. Brush cookies with egg whites
Bake at 250 F for approximately 15 minutes.
Reduce temperature to 210 F and bake for
another 30 minutes.

The brushed egg whites should remain white.
 (approximately 40 calories per cookie).
 You can use ground hazelnuts instead
of ground almonds.