Pignoli Cookies (Italian Pine Nut Cookies)
photo by Karen Elizabeth
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
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36 cookies
ingredients
- 1 lb canned almond paste
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 3 large egg whites
- 2 cups pine nuts
- 1 cup powdered sugar (just a guess, for dusting)
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper (or just lightly grease them).
- Crumble the almond paste into a mixing bowl and beat with handheld mixer until crumbled fine.
- Sprinkle the sugar over the almond paste while continuing to beat, until the sugar is incorporated.
- Beat in the egg whites, one at a time and continue beating until the dough is smooth.
- Spread the pine nuts out on a plate.
- Roll 1 tablespoon of the dough at a time, into a ball between your palms, and then roll it in the pine nuts to coat on all sides.
- Transfer to the prepared cookie sheets and press them lightly to flatten slightly and to help the nuts adhere to the cookies.
- Bake the cookies until they are lightly browned ans soft and springy, about 15 minutes.
- Cool completely on wire racks, and dust liberally with powdered sugar before serving. Enjoy!
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Reviews
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If you make these lovely cookies, wait to write your review until day 2. These cookies get chewier and yummier the second day. Think chewy meringue. After adding the egg whites the dough does thin out and I can see why you might think to add flour. But don't do it! Yes, the dough almost becomes a think batter, but if you just dollop the batter onto the pine nuts and gently roll/coat the batter it will give the ball a bit of stability and you can to get it to the cookie sheet. Thanks for posting! MER'd for Susie's World Tour 2019, Sue Chefs
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Italian Pignoli Cookies are a staple at local Italian inspired bakeries in my area. They're one of my favorite cookies of all time, so when I saw this recipe as a homemade option, they had to be made. My 17 yr. old daughter wound up making them, so they are really not difficult. They're fantastic and nothing less than what I expected. These will be made again for sure especially during Christmas, and the cost is way more doable for making them at home, especially when you can buy the almond paste at local bakeries (just call around) where it winds up being less expensive than buying it at supermarkets. This is a Winner and so tasty! Thank you Midwest Maven for sharing. Made it for 2019 Susie's World Tour, Team Sue Chefs.
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I was a bit nervous to try these, since I'm not much of a baker, so I recruited my daughter to give me a hand. I don't think we breathed until they were out of the oven!!!! They have been declared delicious though, and we're really glad we tried them! Thanks for giving us the opportunity to stretch our baking wings! Made for Culinary Quest 2019, Italy, the Feed bags
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I made these cookies for the holidays and they were a huge hit! I cut down the sugar a bit (a cup and a quarter) and I needed to add flour to make it even close to a dough. I had more of a batter otherwise. I didn't realize how much they would expand when baking. I used a heaping teaspoon for each cookie, but next time I might use more of an exact teaspoon. Everyone loved them and these will once again become a staple on our holiday dessert menu.
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