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Lemon-Rosemary Pine Nut Cookies
Recipe for BuzzFeed by Ashley Rodriguez
makes 3 dozen cookies
INGREDIENTS
2 cups whole raw almonds
1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup confectioners' sugar
3 egg whites, lightly beaten
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon lemon zest
½ teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
1⁄2 cup pine nuts
PREPARATION
Toast the almonds in a 350*F oven for 10-15 minutes until golden in color. Let cool.
Turn down the oven to 300*F. Combine almonds, granulated sugar, salt, lemon zest, and rosemary in a food processor and process until ground, about 2 minutes.
Add confectioners' sugar and egg whites, and process until well combined.
You can either spoon ½ tablespoon size mounds on a sheet tray with parchment or if you’d prefer a more uniform shape, pipe out the cookies using a piping bag fitted with a ½” round tip. Pipe mounds that have a 1 ½” diameter.
Top unbaked cookies with pine nuts then bake in an oven until set and just golden, about 20-25 minutes.
Let cool before serving.
