Bokkepootjes

Description
Bokkepootjes means "goat's feet".

A lovely and sweet mixture of biscuit, almonds and cream filling. This is a luxury biscuit, that will leave you wanting more.

Ingredients

 * 8 egg whites
 * 350 g sugar
 * 500 g ground almonds
 * rind of 1 lemon
 * 1 tsp cinnamon
 * 3 sachets vanilla sugar
 * Also: dark chocolate for dipping.

Directions

 * 1) Beat the egg whites stiff with a measure of sugar.
 * 2) Then mix in the other ingredients a bit at a time, changing between them (some of the sugar, some of the almonds, some of the lemon, repeat until all ingredients are mixed in).
 * 3) Put the mix in a piping bag and pipe rolls of 6 - 7 cms length onto the baking sheet.
 * 4) Leave to dry for several hours and then put the sheet in a preheated oven at 160°C.
 * 5) Bake slowly, they are not supposed to go brown.
 * 6) Leave to cool.
 * 7) Melt the dark chocolate and spread some on the bottom of the biscuit.
 * 8) Then stick a second biscuit onto the chocolate.
 * 9) Dip both ends of each "bokkepootje" into the chocolate and leave to harden.