Pine Nut Tile Cookies

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

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
Vegetarian
Cookies
Mediterranean

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