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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Pugliese Pistachio Cookie Thins

Italians have always cooked
and baked with pistachio nuts.
This is a great Italian
pistachio nut cookie recipe.
Light and crisp, these cookies
are a pistachio lovers dream.

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
20 chopped pistachio nuts
1/4 cup white sugar
1 large egg white
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 pinch ground cardamom

Directions:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
Add pistachios and stir until butter is
lightly browned and pistachios toasted.
Pour into mixing bowl.
Whisk in sugar and egg white.
Mix in the flour, cardamom
or ginger and whisk until smooth.
Drop by teaspoonfuls about
2 inches apart on baking sheets.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Immediately transfer cookies to rack to cool.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think it should read "1 egg white", NOT "1 *cup* egg whites". I saw this recipe on another site and that was how it was written. 1 cup egg whites would probably make the batter much to runny!