Gilchrist Macaroons

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2009

These macaroons are an extra-chewy almond variety. The trick is using granulated sugar instead of confectioners' sugar.

SERVES Makes 18 cookies

TIME 45 minutes, plus 30 minutes chilling and 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Though it closed decades ago, people still talk about the almond macaroons from Gilchrist’s, a department store in downtown Boston. (Macaroons are a French meringue cookie traditionally made with almond paste.) In developing our own version...

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