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Italian Pignoli Nut Cookies

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 60 min
Total Time 1 hr 30 min
Servings 36

Ingredients

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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Directions

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.

EXPERT TIPS

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 PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 170
Calories from Fat: 90),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 10g; 10%
(Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, 2 1/2% Trans Fat 1/2g 1/2% ),
Cholesterol: 15mg; 15%;
Sodium: 60mg; 60%;
Total Carbohydrate: 18g; 18%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 12g 12% ),
Protein: 2g; 2%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 4%;

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;

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

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Posted 3/22/2013 10:22:14 AM REPORT ABUSE capemaychristy said:

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I used to make these (or attempt to make these) for my Italian husband without using the Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie mix. They would run all over the parchment paper and never quite set up. What a difference the Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie mix makes! These are as good as the ones sold in any Italian Bakery, if not better. I make a half-batch without nuts; the cookie alone is outstanding, even without the pine nuts. Thanks you, Betty Crocker, for making a once difficult recipe easy to make and incredibly well-received!

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