Dec 21, 2011

Pignoli Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup pine nuts
1 can 8 oz. almond paste (cut in sm. pieces)
2/3 cups sugar
2 egg whites
1 tsp grated lemon zest

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Mix paste, sugar, egg whites, and lemon zest with a electric hand mixer .  Drop a teaspoonful onto a non-stick cookie sheet.   Gently press pine nuts onto top of cookie.  Bake 20-25 minutes.