These are My sweet momma's Pignoli Cookies.I still have her hand written recipe and I cherish it! These are chewy, sweet & nutty, a perfect combo in my book any day but especially around the holidays!
Ingredients
Preheat oven to 350 and prepare a sheet with parchment.
16 ounces almond paste (not marzipan)
1.5 cups powdered sugar
2 egg whites
2 tablespoons honey
1 cup pine nuts
Beat almond paste until it crumbles and breaks apart.
Scrape mixer and add in egg white and honey, mixing together.
Add in powdered sugar and mix until it form a thick batter.
Use a heaping tablespoon cookie scooper or heaping tablespoon (spray first with PAM) to scoop out 1.5 tablespoons of batter for each cookies.
Add pine nuts by sprinkling on top of and gently pressing in to each cookie, use all of the pine nuts !
Bake 13-17 minutes or until golden brown
Cool a few minutes then gently remove form the parchment with a small metal spatula. Set on fresh shett of parchment on a rack to cook completely.
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