Pine Nut Tile Cookies

Name: Pine Nut Tile Cookies
Yield: Makes about 20
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 2 large egg whites; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ⅔ cup sugar; 1 cup pine nuts; 6 tablespoons (all-purpose) flour; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted; ¼ teaspoon salt

Preparation info

Makes about
20

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Mediterranean Kitchen

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1998

About

These cookies are somewhat fragile and resemble those terra-cotta tiles on roofs in Italy. They are a wonderful accompaniment to ice cream or sorbet.

Ingredients

1 cup pine nuts
⅔ cup sugar
6 tablespoons

Europe
Italy
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with baker’s parchment.

Place all the ingredients in a mixer bowl and mix until blended. Drop the batter by heaping tablespoons 3 inches