Nick Malgieri

“Ugly but Good” Hazelnut Cookies

Brutti ma Buoni

Preparation info
  • About

    sixty

    1½ inch cookies
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Baker's Tour: Nick Malgieri's Favorite Baking Recipes from Around the World
A Baker's Tour

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2005

  • About

These are popular cookies throughout Italy, though they probably originated in Piemonte. In cooking the batter, the heat must be low to prevent scorching, which would ruin the flavor of the cookies.

Ingredients

  • 4 large egg whites
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1¾ cups sugar

Method

  1. Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
  2. Whip the egg whites and salt in an electric mixer with the whisk on medium speed until they are white and opaque and beginning to hold their shape. Increase the speed to me