French Sponge Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sifted cake flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 large eggs, separated
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 lightly coat 2 cookie sheets with vegetable cooking spray.
• 3 sift flour, baking powder and salt together.
• 4 beat egg yolks with extracts in a mixer bowl until pale and thick.
• 5 in a clean mixer bowl, with clean beaters, beat egg whites to soft peaks.
• 6 beat in sugar 1 t. at a time, until stiff and glossy.
• 7 gently fold egg yolks into egg whites.
• 8 fold in dry ingredients until just blended.
• 9 drop by level tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets.
• 10 bake 10 minutes or until golden.
• 11 carefully transfer to wire racks to cool completely.