Italian Pine Nut Cookies
Description
Italian pine nut cookies, also known as pignoli cookies, are rolled in a corn flake coating creating a crispy, traditional Italian treat.
Ingredients
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1 cup pine nuts
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1 cup white sugar
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11 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
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3 large eggs
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2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder, or as needed
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4 cups crushed corn flakes
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1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar, or as needed
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
2
Heat a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir pine nuts in the hot skillet until toasted and fragrant, about 5 minutes.
3
Beat white sugar and butter together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat eggs, 1 at a time, into creamed butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Whisk flour and baking powder in a separate bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture until dough is just mixed. Fold pine nuts into dough.
4
Spread corn flakes into a shallow baking dish. Form dough into balls, about 1 tablespoon per cookie; roll each in the corn flakes, pressing gently to coat. Arrange cookies, 1-inch apart, on the prepared baking sheets.
5
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 23 minutes. Cool cookies on the baking sheets and dust with confectioners' sugar.