pine nut macaroons

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 pound almond paste
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 4 egg whites
• 4 cups pine nuts

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease cookie sheets.
• break almond paste into pieces and mix together with sugar, using your hands to crumble paste. in a separate bowl, separate the eggs and beat the whites into soft peaks. slowly add to almond paste mixture and mix until just blended.
• place pine nuts into bowl. roll dough into 1-inch balls and press into nuts. coat evenly and place on cookie sheets about 1 inch apart.
• bake 15 to 17 minutes, until lightly golden. let cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to racks.