Pine Nut Cookies (Amaretti con Pignoli)

by Lidia Bastianich on
Nov 2, 2017

Candy and rich, soft and chewy with a crunchy pine nut crust, these cookies are tremendous easy to map, naturally gluten-free, and in reality delicious. Pine Nut Cookies (Amaretti con Pignoli) are featured in the Homegrown Heroes episode of Lidia Celebrates The US.

Servings

3 dozen cookies

Prep time

20 minutes

Entire time

forty five minutes

Formula

• 1 pound canned almond paste
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 3 trim egg whites
• 1 cup pine nuts (no longer compulsory)
• ¼ cup confectioners’ sugar, or as wished (no longer compulsory)

Instructions

1. 1

   Arrange one rack in the upper third of the oven and the different in the lower third. Preheat the oven to 350 levels. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Disintegrate the almond paste into a mixing bowl. Beat with a handheld electric mixer till finely crumbled. Sprinkle the sugar over the almond paste and proceed to beat till the sugar is included. Beat in the egg whites, one after the other and proceed beating till the batter is soft. If the employ of the pine nuts, spread them out on a plate. Pinch off a tablespoon-dimension share of dough and roll between your palms to map a ball. Roll ball in pine nuts or valid attach of living it on the baking sheet if you want easy cookies. Repeat with the final dough. Bake the cookies till lightly browned and soft and springy, about 20 minutes. Rob away and cold fully on wire racks sooner than serving. The cookies will also be saved at room temperature for up to per week. The straightforward cookies will also be dusted with confectioners’ sugar sooner than serving.

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