Italian pine balls

Name: Italian pine balls
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 45
Ingredients: 2 eggs + 1 egg yolk (Gr. M), salt; 250 g Icing sugar; 1 package Vanillin sugar; 400 g crushed almonds; 1/2 TEASPOON cinnamon, 1 tablespoon milk; 200 g Pine nuts; 5 TABLESPOONS flaked almonds; baking paper

AUTHOR
Bo Carpenter

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
45 mins

TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 45

2 eggs + 1 egg yolk (Gr. M), salt
250 g Icing sugar
1 package Vanillin sugar
400 g crushed almonds
1/2 TEASPOON cinnamon, 1 tablespoon milk
200 g Pine nuts
5 TABLESPOONS flaked almonds
baking paper

Directions

1
Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Beat 2 eggs, 1 pinch of salt, icing sugar, vanillin sugar until fluffy. Knead in ground almonds and cinnamon with the dough hooks of the hand mixer
2
Whisk 1 egg yolk and milk. Form the dough into walnut-sized balls. Whisk 2/3 of the balls in the whisked egg yolk, then roll them in pine nuts and press them down. Rest of the balls in the egg yolk, then turn in flaked almonds. Place on the trays. Bake in the preheated oven (electric range: 200 °C/recirculating air: 175 °C/gas: level 3) for 8-10 minutes. Let them cool down