Amaretti With Pine Nuts

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup blanched almond, whole
• 1 cup pine nuts
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 egg whites, large
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon orange extract (optional)
• 1/2 cup pine nuts (for sprinkling)
• 1/2 cup icing sugar (for dusting)

Recipe

• 1 line two baking sheets with parchment paper. preheat the oven to 300 degrees f.
• 2 in either a blender or food processor, grind the almonds and 1 cup of pine nuts with about a tablespoon of sugar until they are very fine.
• 3 in a bowl, beat the egg whites (with a mixer or by hand) until they are foamy. begin adding the remaining sugar, a little at a time, and continue beating the egg whites until they are very stiff (stiff peaks form).
• 4 gently fold in the nuts and then add the almond and orange extract (be careful not to overmix so that you don’t deflate the mixture).
• 5 using a tablespoon, carefully spoon or pipe rounds of dough onto the parchment-lined baking sheets. leave a few inches between each cookie.
• 6 sprinkle some of the pine nuts over each cookie and bake for about 30 minutes. the cookies will be firm and lightly golden when they’re done.
• 7 let cool completely before dusting with icing sugar and serving.