I do not think I ever had a ladyfinger cookie until Mark was teething. We could not find “normal” teething biscuits, so we bought ladyfingers instead. They were also good with tea.
Years later, I discovered they were also a main ingredient in tiramisu. They are available at stores, but not often easy to find. So we learned how to make our own.
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 10 tbsp sugar divided in half
- 2 Tbl + 1/2 tsp corn starch
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- pinch salt
- For dusting the ladyfingers:
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Servings: biscuits
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350ºF .
- Line two baking sheets with baking paper.
- Add cornflour to the bottom of a measuring cup.
- Add enough flour to make approximately 1 1/3 cup mix.
- Sift mixture twice. Set aside.
- Carefully separate eggs into three bowls.
- Separate eggs into two bowls, being careful not to have yolk in the whites.
- You will need 3 egg whites in a large mixing bowl, two egg yolks in a medium mixing bowl, and one yolk to be saved for another recipe.
- Start whipping egg whites on low speed.
- Increase speed while adding five tablespoons of sugar, one tablespoon at a time, until you get a stiff-peak meringue.
- In another bowl, whip 2 egg yolks and 5 tablespoons of the sugar until increased in volume.
- They will be pale and fluffy and drizzle off the end of a spoon.
- Fold the egg yolks into the egg whites until almost completely combined, being careful not to deflate the mixture.
- Sift the flour mixture and baking powder into the egg mixture.
- Fold everything together until no flour clumps remain, making sure not to lose too much air during mixing.
- Transfer the cookie batter into a piping bag with a large round nozzle and pipe finger length lines of batter onto the lined baking sheets leaving an inch between cookies.
- Generously dust the piped ladyfinger cookies with powdered sugar.
- Let sit for 5 minutes.
- Bake in the pre-heated oven at 350ºF for 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 300ºF and bake for an additional 10-12 minutes or until lightly brown and crisp.
- Dust with additional powdered sugar is desired.
- Cool on a rack and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
These are great in tiramisu.
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