Carrot Macaroons

Ingredients

• 1 cup almonds, blanched
• ½ cup sugar
• 3 large egg whites, at room temp
• ¼ lbs carrots, coarsely grated pinch
• cream of tartar

Directions

1. In food processor, pulverize the almonds with ¼ cup of sugar.
2. In a bowl combine the almond mixture with one egg white and the carrots.
3. Beat remaining egg whites with a pinch of salt until frothy, add cream of tartar and beat to soft peaks, then beat in remaining sugar to hard peaks.
4. Stir ¼ of the whites into the carrots, then fold in the rest.
5. Drop by the teaspoonful onto greased baking sheet.
6. Bake at 350°F until golden brown (approximately 15 minutes).