Pignoli Cookies I recipe

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Ingredients

12 ounces almond paste
½ cup white sugar
1 cup confectioners' sugar
4 egg whites
1 ½ cups pine nuts

Nutrition Info

100.9 calories
carbohydrate: 11.4 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 5.5 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 2.6 g
saturatedFat: 0.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 7.3 mg
sugar: 6.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line 2 cookie sheets with foil, lightly grease foil.

  2. Mix almond paste and granulated sugar in food processor until smooth. Add confectioners' sugar and 2 egg whites, process until smooth.

  3. Whisk remaining 2 egg whites in small bowl. Place pine nuts on shallow plate. With lightly floured hands, roll dough into 1 inch balls. Coat balls in egg whites, shaking off excess, then roll in pine nuts, pressing lightly to stick. Arrange balls on cookie sheets, and flatten slightly to form a 1 1/2 inch round.

  4. Bake 15 to 18 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned. Let stand on cookie sheet 1 minute. Transfer to wire rack to cool.

Recipe Yield

3 dozen

Recipe Note

They are pleasantly sweet, made with almond paste and pine nuts, but no flour.

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