Pine Nut Cookie Cups
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 2 large egg whites, beaten to blend
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup pine nuts, untoasted
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Spray large baking sheet with vegetable oil spray.
- Finely grind 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts with sugar and flour in processor.
- Transfer to bowl.
- Mix in butter, egg whites and vanilla.
- Form 3 cookies by spooning 1 tablespoonful batter for each onto prepared baking sheet, spacing 4 inches apart.
- Using knife, spread each to 4-inch round.
- Sprinkle each round with 1 teaspoon untoasted pine nuts.
- Bake cookies until golden around edges, about 10 minutes.
- Working quickly, run thin metal spatula around edges of cookies to loosen.
- Drape each cookie over inverted 3/4-cup custard cup, molding and crimping sides of cookie to shape (cookie cups will be shallow).
- Transfer cookies to rack.
- Repeat with remaining batter and untoasted nuts, spraying baking sheet with vegetable oil spray between batches.
- Cool before using.
- (Can be prepared 3 days ahead.
- Store at room temperature in airtight container.)
vegetable oil spray, pine nuts, sugar, flour, unsalted butter, egg whites, vanilla, pine nuts
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pine-nut-cookie-cups-4434 (may not work)