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Ugly but Good Cookies: Brutti ma Buoni
Recipe copyright 2001, Mario Batali. All Rights Reserved.
- Total Time:
- 50 min
- Prep:
- 20 min |
- Inactive Prep:
- -- |
- Cook:
- 30 min
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Yield:
- about 30 cookies
Ingredients
- 4 egg whites, room temperature
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon amaretto
- 4 oranges, zested
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts
- 1/4 cup chopped almonds
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
Directions
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a cookie sheet and dust it with some flour.
Place whites in the bowl of an electric mixer and whip to soft peak. Add the sugar steadily and beat for 2 minutes. Stop the machine and add the flour, vanilla, amaretto, zest, and cocoa powder. Mix for 1 minute and stop the machine. Stir in the nuts quickly and place 2-inch blobs on cookie sheet 1-inch apart. Bake 30 minutes until crisp. Remove and allow to cool.