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Prize-Winning Recipe 2008! Bring a delicious and sweet part of Italy into your home with a classic almond cookie rolled in pine nuts.

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PREP TIME
1 Hr
TOTAL TIME
1 Hr 30 Min
SERVINGS
36

1: pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix

1/2: cup granulated sugar

1/2: cup butter or margarine, softened

1: can (8 oz) or 1 package (7 oz) almond paste, crumbled into 1/2-inch pieces

1: egg

2: cups pine nuts (8 oz)

1: tablespoon powdered sugar

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1 Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper. In large bowl, beat cookie mix, granulated sugar, butter, almond paste and egg with electric mixer on low speed until soft dough forms.
2 For each cookie, shape 1 tablespoon dough into ball; roll in pine nuts, pressing to coat. Place balls 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
3 Bake 13 to 17 minutes or just until edges are light golden brown. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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Expert Tips

Look for pine nuts in the grocery store near the other nuts. Look for budget-priced pine nuts in the bulk-foods section of the store or in club stores.

Pignoli ("peen-YOH-lee") is the Italian word for pine nut. The long process used to extract the nuts from the cones makes them expensive.

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Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Cookie)

Calories 170

(Calories from Fat 90),

Total Fat 10g

(Saturated Fat 2 1/2g,
Trans Fat 1/2g),

Cholesterol 15mg;
Sodium 60mg;
Total Carbohydrate 18g

(Dietary Fiber 0g,
Sugars 12g),

Protein 2g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Vitamin A 0.00%;
Vitamin C 0.00%;
Calcium 0.00%;
Iron 4.00%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch;
0 Fruit;
1/2 Other Carbohydrate;
0 Skim Milk;
0 Low-Fat Milk;
0 Milk;
0 Vegetable;
0 Very Lean Meat;
0 Lean Meat;
0 High-Fat Meat;
2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/18/2011 9:53:51 AM REPORT ABUSE SelectODay said:

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GREAT cookie! They are certainly attention-getters. Everyone thought they were absolutely delicious and couldn't believe that they were easy to make.

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Posted 12/10/2011 12:47:37 PM REPORT ABUSE WenGail said:

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Just baked these cookies for a cookie exchange. They are so easy and taste fantastic. Love em'

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Posted 3/2/2010 2:18:24 PM REPORT ABUSE Huntington cook said:

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These were so simple to make and got rave reviews from my Italian grandmother...she did not know that these started with a Betty Crocker mix....when she found out, she said she had "learned something new" and was excited to tell her sister about it!!!!I am excited that I have a new recipe to be proud of in my family of wonderful cooks...thank you Betty Crocker!!!

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