Bite of heaven: Amaretti cookies

When my mother went to Italy for the first time, she happened to grab a random box that looked a little something like this:

From the duty-free shop at the airport, mind you. She RAVED about them and even included ONE in a care package along with Italian tchotchkies for me. Just one. Let's just say that's all she could spare.

This time around while we were in Italy [MY first time there] we were prepared and bought 3 boxes. I don't see anything wrong with that. Also, they were the last 3 in the shop.

Mother found an Amaretti recipe from the Joy of Baking blog... also I discovered that marzipan [another love of mine] is almost the exact same thing! Sugar heaven!