Pine nut cookies

Pine nut cookies

Delicious with a warming cup of coffee or a hot chocolate, these little biscuits make lovely Christmas gifts

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Makes 30

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Whizz 100g pine nuts, sugar and marzipan to crumbs, add the lemon and egg whites and pulse, then add the flour and a pinch of salt and pulse to combine.
  2. Roll the dough into 2cm balls and roll each in the whole pine nuts, pressing the nuts on. Space apart on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned and puffed.

151 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 12.3g, fat 1.2 g, saturated fat 0.5g, fibre 0g, salt 0.06 g

Recipe from olive magazine, December 2009.

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  • 25 November 2009

    Tina S. commented on this recipe

    What does "..add the lemon and egg whites and pulse, .." mean? Do we add the lemon juice, rind, both?

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  • 27 November 2009

    kirsike rated this recipe

    3 stars

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  • 04 December 2010

    Kelvin commented on this recipe

    In reply to Tinas question I would say, as it says in the list of ingredients, 1 lemon, zested, that you would just add the lemon rind, adding the juice would make the mix too sloppy, that's what I will do when I try them anyway

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    14 December 2010

    Amy commented on this recipe

    Do you think these would freeze ok?

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  • 18 December 2010

    Laura loves food commented on this recipe

    Hmm had a go at this for christmas presents. It makes a VERY sticky batter - not really one to roll into balls. Also struggled to get them cooked without browning them too much but they look delicious and taste better!

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  • 31 January 2011

    lorraine h. commented on this recipe

    It states in the ingrediants 140g of icing sugar,but where in the method does it go?????

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  • 03 December 2011

    cookiesandcream commented on this recipe

    in reply to lorraine h. the icing sugar is the sugar that you put into the biscuits. don't know why but its the only sugar on the ingredients list so it must.

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  • 20 March 2012

    Marilyn commented on this recipe

    I made these cookies and they were lovely but the recipe is, as others have said, totally unclear. Lemon, without zest or just lemon zest? Eggs! it states 2 eggs separated but then only goes on to use the whites, no mention of the yolks. Anyway, right or wrong, I used only the lemon zest and added 2 whole eggs and the result was lovely.

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Makes 30

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 400g pine nuts
  • 140g icing sugar
  • 160g marzipan , broken up
  • 1 lemon , zested
  • 2 eggs , separated
  • 130g self-raising flour
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151 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 12.3g, fat 1.2 g, saturated fat 0.5g, fibre 0g, salt 0.06 g

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