Italian Pine Nut Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 cup pine nuts
• 1 cup white sugar
• 11 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 3 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder, or as needed
• 4 cups crushed corn flakes
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar, or as needed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
• heat a skillet over medium heat. cook and stir pine nuts in the hot skillet until toasted and fragrant, about 5 minutes.
• 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.
• 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.
• bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 23 minutes. cool cookies on the baking sheets and dust with confectioners' sugar.