Ladyfingers
Craving a delicate, light-as-air biscuit that pairs well with your coffee or serves as a crucial ingredient in iconic desserts? Look no further than this guide to crafting perfect ladyfingers at home.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 24 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 Eggs
- 100 g Caster Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 100 g Plain Flour
- Salt
- Icing Sugar
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- 2
In a large mixing bowl, crack the eggs and add the caster sugar. Whisk them together until the mixture becomes pale and fluffy.
- 3
Stir in the vanilla extract.
- 4
Sift the plain flour and a pinch of salt into the egg mixture. Gently fold the flour into the eggs until well combined. Be careful not to overmix; you want a light and airy batter.
- 5
Transfer the batter to a piping bag fitted with a plain round tip (about 1.5 cm in diameter).
- 6
Pipe the batter onto the prepared baking sheets in finger-like shapes, each about 7-8 cm long. Leave some space between each ladyfinger.
- 7
Bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until the ladyfingers are golden and firm to the touch.
- 8
Remove them from the oven and let them cool on a wire rack.
- 9
Once cooled, you can dust the ladyfingers with icing sugar if desired.
- 10
Your homemade ladyfingers are ready to enjoy on their own or use in various dessert recipes like Tiramisu!