Tuiles

Tuiles, still in their mold.

These cookies, named for their resemblance to curved roof tiles (tuiles), are delicate, crisp, and have a nice citrus zing. It's really easy to make the batter and they aren't too hard to pipe (the chunks of almond make it a little bit harder, but apparently you can just toss them on top of the piped cookie, which makes it easier to pipe and really isn't much more work.) The difficult thing is baking them and transferring them to the molds. You have to make sure they are cool enough to hold together, but if they are too cool they will crack when you try to bend them into the molds. You have to do this in small batches, which can be a bit tedious. The only unfortunate thing about these cookies is they don't last very long. That's not too much of a problem though, as they didn't really get a chance to last very long...they are far too delicious to eat just one or two.