Stacey Adimando

Pignoli Cookies

Preparation info
  • Makes:

    2½ Dozen

    Cookies
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Cookiepedia: Mixing Baking, and Reinventing the Classics
The Cookiepedia

By Stacey Adimando

Published 2011

  • About

They might look delicate, but these yummy pine nut cookies are entirely forgiving to work with. A careless roll around the nut bowl and they come out beautiful every time.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup

Method

  1. Sift the sugars, flour, and salt into a bowl and set it aside.
  2. Beat the almond paste on low speed for several minutes until it is broken up into small pea-sized pieces. Give the egg whites a quick whisk, then add half to the bowl and continue mixing.
  3. Add the flour mixture and beat until well combined. There might be some small pieces of almond paste t