Pine Nut-Cherry Thumbprints

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Level: Easy
Total: 1 hr 30 min
Active: 25 min
Yield: About 20 cookies

Ingredients

  1. 1 7-ounce tube almond paste
  2. 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
  3. 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
  4. 1/4 teaspoon salt
  5. 1 large egg white
  6. 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  7. 1 cup pine nuts
  8. 3 tablespoons cherry jam, large pieces chopped

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Break up the almond paste and put it in a large bowl. Add the confectioners’ sugar, lemon zest and salt. Beat with a mixer on medium speed until the mixture looks like fine crumbs, about 1 minute. Increase the mixer speed to medium high and beat in the egg white until very smooth, about 2 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour until just combined.
  2. Scoop tablespoon-size balls of dough and roll in the pine nuts to coat. Arrange 1 inch apart on the prepared pan. Press a thin wooden spoon handle or chopstick into each ball to make a deep indentation in the center.
  3. Bake until the cookies are set around the edges but still soft in the center, 22 to 26 minutes. Re-indent the cookies with the back of a small measuring spoon while still warm. Fill with the cherry jam. Let the cookies cool completely on the pans.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 20 servings
Calories 125
Total Fat 7 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Carbohydrates 14 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Sugar 10 g
Protein 2 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 34 mg

 

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