cookiesinheaven

I LOVED Tutti's...a little funky restaurant that was in Montecito and downtown Santa Barbara. I LOVE Pine Nuts. Now...when you put the two together, you can come up with some pretty tasty treats!

These delicious cookies combine delicate almond paste with pine nuts to provide a slightly chewy rich flavor. The recipe had eluded us until Martha Stewart featured this recipe in the May, 2005 issue of her magazine.

I N G R E D I E N T S

2 cup pine nuts (go to Goods from the Woods for more info)
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup almond paste
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

I N S T R U C T I O N S

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Process 3/4 cups pine nuts, sugar, almond paste and vanilla in a food processor until fine crumbs form. Add egg; pulse to combine. Add flour, baking powder, and salt; process just until dough comes together.Roll dough into 3/4 inch balls. Roll balls in remaining 1 1/4 cups pine nuts, gently pressing to coat. Space 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets.Bake until cookies begin to turn golden brown, about 20 minutes. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks.

Mille Grazie Gourmet Sleuth!

Tutti's also had some other goodies, including some breakfast cookies,