Cooking Instructions
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Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Line a cookie sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
Step 2
Set up a food processor and combine the
Pine Nuts (110 g)
with
Granulated Sugar (200 g)
,
Almond Paste (55 g)
, and
Mahlab Seeds (10 g)
in its bowl.
Step 3
Pulse them together until they are fine crumbs. Add the
Vanilla Extract (5 mL)
and the
Egg (1)
next and pulse them in until a wet dough.
Step 4
Lastly, add the
All-Purpose Flour (60 g)
,
Ground Cinnamon (1 g)
,
Ground Nutmeg (1 g)
, and
Baking Powder (as needed)
and pulse them in just until they disappear.
Step 5
Pour the remaining
Pine Nuts (75 g)
into a shallow bowl. Then scoop out a mound of dough using a heaping 1 1/2-inch cookie scoop and roll it into a ball. Roll the ball in the pignoli nuts and gently press the nuts in to coat the dough.
Step 6
Transfer the dough to the lined sheet, press it down into a disk, and repeat until you have a dozen cookies on the tray. Bake the spiced pignoli cookies for about 20 minutes, until they are golden and baked through.
Step 7
When they are done let them cool on the sheet for a couple of minutes, then transfer them to a rack to finish cooling. Enjoy them right away or whenever you'd like. Serve and enjoy!
