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Pignoli Cookies Recipe
Soft and moist large pignoli cookies. This is a quick and easy healthier Christmas cookie recipe.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
32 mins
Servings: 9 large cookies
Calories: 337 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Italian , American
Ingredients
For the cookie dough
- 7 ounces Marzipan Raw Mass aka almond paste
- 3 Tablespoon honey
- salt pinch
- few drops lemon extract or bitter almond extract
- 1 Teaspoon baking powder
- 1 egg
- 3.5 ounces all-purpose flour
- 7 ounces Pine Nuts Whole
To decorate
- 2 Tablespoon Pine Nuts Whole
Instructions
- Combine the marzipan almond paste with the honey to a smooth consistency.
- Season with a pinch of salt and a few drops lemon extract.
- Continue to mix in baking powder and egg.
- Add the flour batch by batch to the dough while continuously mixing, so that you use up all your flour to create cookie dough.
- In the end, add the shelled pine nuts and make a pignoli cookie dough.
- Preheat your oven to 350° Fahrenheit/ 180° Celsius.
- Prepare a pan with a parchment sheet.
- Shape your cookies with the help of a spoon to a round shape and leave enough space between the cookies on the sheet. *see notes
- Decorate cookies with pine nuts on top.
- Bake cookies at 350° Fahrenheit/ 180° Celsius for about 10-12 minutes. *see notes
- Store in an airtight container between parchment paper.
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Notes
- I used an ice cream scooper to shape the cookies, and you can use that too but keep in mind that the cookies turn out rather large. For smaller cookies use a normal Tablespoon.
- I bake my large cookies at 350° Fahrenheit/ 180° Celsius for 12 minutes. For smaller cookies you need to adjust the time and bake them for either 8-10 minutes instead. Bake your cookies until they appear golden brown.
- Makes about 9 - 20 cookies depending on the size of your cookies.
Nutrition Information
Calories
337kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
29g
(10%)
Protein
8g
(16%)
Fat
23g
(35%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
18mg
(6%)
Sodium
16mg
(1%)
Potassium
268mg
(8%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
15g
(30%)
Vitamin A
33IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
40mg
(4%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 9large cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 337
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 337kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 29g | 10% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 23g | 35% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 18mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 16mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 268mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 33IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 40mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.