Savoiardi (italian Ladyfingers)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 5 egg whites
• 4 egg yolks
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 dash vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 separate eggs into two separate bowls, making sure not to get any yolk into the bowls containing the whites.
• 2 beat egg whites on high speed until foamy.
• 3 add two tablespoons of the 2/3 cup of sugar to the egg whites and continue to beat until stiff peaks form, and set aside.
• 4 in a separate bowl, add vanilla and the rest of the sugar to the egg yolks and beat until pale yellow, set aside.
• 5 sift together the flour and baking powder together (i didn't want to dirty another bowl so i sifted onto a piece of waxed paper).
• 6 gently fold half of the egg whites into the yolks.
• 7 fold the flour mixture into the yolks.
• 8 fold the rest of the egg whites into the yolks.
• 9 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 10 load batter into a pastry bag with a wide tip, or a ziploc bag with the corner snipped off.
• 11 pipe onto a greased cookie sheet in any shape you'd like (traditionally, they are shaped like fingers, about as wide as your pointer and middle finger put together).
• 12 bake for 6 minutes, or until edges are just golden brown.