pignoli cookies

How To Make pignoli cookies

• 1

  Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 2

  Lightly grease 2 cookie sheets.
• 3

  Put pine nuts in a bowl.
• 4

  In a medium bowl, blend almond paste with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 5

  Add egg whites and lemon extract to almond paste, beat until well blended and smooth.
• 6

  Sift together the 2 sugars, flour & salt.
• 7

  Slowly add flour mixture to the egg mixture, with mixer on low speed. Dough should be slightly sticky.
• 8

  With wet hands roll dough into walnut size balls.
• 9

  Flatten slightly & press dough into pine nuts (one side of the cookie only)
• 10

  Place cookies on greased cookie sheet, 1 inch apart, pine nuts up.
• 11

  Bake 20 - 25 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven & cool on a rack. Store in a covered container.
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