Italian Pine Nut Cookies

Italian pine nut cookies, also known as pignoli cookies, are rolled in a corn flake coating creating a crispy, traditional Italian treat.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 186 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup pine nuts
• 11 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon baking powder, or as needed
• 4 cups crushed corn flakes
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar, or as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.

Step 2

Heat a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir pine nuts in the hot skillet until toasted and fragrant, about 5 minutes.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 23 minutes. Cool cookies on the baking sheets and dust with confectioners' sugar.