Pignoli Cookies {paleo, dairy, grain, gluten free}
 
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Serves: 15-18
Ingredients
  • 2 cups blanched almonds {how to below}
  • 1 cup date sugar
  • ½ cup shredded coconut
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp fine pink Himalayan sea salt
  • 3-4 tbsp. water
  • 2 tsp almond extract
  • ¼ cup coconut oil
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 cup pine nuts
  • coconut oil to grease sheet
  • 2 tbsp. sucanat sugar for sprinkling tops {optional}
Instructions
  1. Fill a 4 quart pan with water ¾ full and bring to a boil.
  2. Add 2 cups of raw almonds and let boil for 1 minute.
  3. You will notice the skin gets wrinkled, drain water immediately after 1 min.
  4. Spread almonds on a dish towel. Cover almonds with another towel. Let cool.
  5. Rub up and down alternating right hand and left so hands in opposite directions get friction.
  6. As you go along, separate almonds into a bowl and toss skins out.
  7. *Video shows you how easy the skins come off with little effort.
  8. To make cookie you will pulse blanched almonds in a food processor until fine flour forms.
  9. Add date sugar, shredded coconut, baking powder, sea salt and pulse until blended.
  10. In a separate small bowl combine oil, egg whites, water. Add to dough pulse until it forms a ball.
  11. With a spoon, scoop dough {about 2 tbsp.} and roll into a ball and flatten into pine nuts.
  12. If adding sugar on top of cookie, press in sugar first then press in pine nuts.
  13. Place cookies on a lightly greased sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes until slight golden in a 350 oven.
Notes
Using wet hands helps with the sticky dough as you roll and press pine nuts into cookie. These cookies do not spread so you can place them close on sheet. Keep in mind the date sugar will make this cookie browner than a traditional pignoli cookie. If color is an issue you can use half xylitol sugar and half of another granular sugar. For health reasons we do not use white refined sugars.
Recipe by Spoonful of Health Delicious Gluten Free Recipes, Paleo and FreeDiet approved at https://spoonfulofhealth.com/pignoli-cookies-paleodairy-grain-gluten-free/