Pignoli Cookies II

Name: Pignoli Cookies II
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams almond paste; 2 egg whites; 59 milliliters pine nuts; 237 milliliters white sugar

Pignoli Cookies II requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian recipe has 86 calories, 1g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 24. If you have almond paste, sugar, pine nuts, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a dessert.

Instructions

Use a pastry chopper (or food processor) to break up the almond paste into a granulated form. Put in mixing bowl and gradually add the sugar.

Ingredients you will need

Almond Paste

Sugar

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Food Processor

Mixing Bowl

In another small bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. Fold the egg whites into the sugar/almond paste mixture gently.

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Almond Paste

Egg Whites

Sugar

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Bowl

On a greased and floured cookie sheet, drop a spoonful of the mixture. Press pine nuts into the top of the cookie (you want to cover the top with nuts).

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Pine Nuts