The ultimate crowd pleaser and super quick recipe to make – Melting Moments made with a twist using Almond flavour rather than vanilla.
I use 3 types of almond flavour in these biscuits/cookies which are brilliant if you are looking for ideas for baking with kids. I add vanilla extract, flaked almonds on top and a blog of marzipan just before baking.
Marzipan Melting Moments
Ingredients
- 60 Grams Butter
- 60 Grams Caster Sugar
- 120 Grams Self-Raising Flour Plus extra for sprinkling on your surface
- 1 Medium Egg
- 1 tsp Almond Extract
- 50 Grams Flaked Almonds
- 25 Grams Marzipan
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C and line 2 baking trays with baking parchment
- Using an electric mixer, whisk together the butter and sugar until combined
- Beat the egg and add this with the almond extract to the butter/sugar mix
- Fold in the flour
- Tip out the mixture onto a floured worktop (it will be very sticky)
- Put the flaked almonds into a small bowl
- take 1 tbsp of mixture and roll into a rough ball shape with your hands, then roll the ball into the almonds
- Continue until the mixture is used up and all the balls are oon the baking trays
- Add a small ball of marzipan onto the top of each ball and bake for 15 minutes until golden
- Leave to cool. Best eaten same day
Notes
Bake of the Week
We have some changes coming to Bake of the Week – Jenny is taking some well deserved time off so its back to just me! Luckily I am back from my travels for a while now (Still waiting to get chance to blog about Russia, Barcelona & Prague!) so I will be able to bake every week and show you the backlog of bakes I have on offer. would like to thank Jenny for her time and hard work at keeping Bake of the Week going during the months when I have been mainly unavailable though.
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These look delicious, I love melting moments as the texture is just amazing! I’ve never tried marzipan flavour melting moments though. Definitely trying these!
Yes its definitely the texture that makes melting moments so special.
These sound incredible. I seriously love anything with marzipan in it!
I looooove marzipan and it sounds so great in these melting moments!
Melting moments are such a classic and perfect treat that brings back memories of childhood. These sound wonderful with the almond flavour, and so easy to make.
These would go down a treat in my house, they look absolutely delicious!
Yum!I love anything with marzipan. I’m a huge fan. I may have to de-gluten these so that we can try them too x