Pinon(Pine Nut) Cookies

2 eggs

2/3 cup sugar

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup pine nuts -- toasted

Combine the eggs and sugar in a heavy saucepan and whisk constantly over low heat until the mixture is lukewarm and light in texture, about 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk until cool; gradually stir in the flour until the batter is smooth.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter 2 baking sheets and drop the batter by teaspoonfuls onto the pan, leaving about 1 inch between cookies. Let sit 5 minutes. Place 4 or 5 pine nuts on top of each cookie and let them sit another 5 minutes. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the baking sheets while still warm and let cool on racks.

[Makes about 36 cookies. 35 cals, 0.7g fat]

Recipes featured at Melissa`s Specialty foods http://www.melissas.com Sept 1998. Mastercook versions [email protected] Notes: Information and recipe adapted from Southwest The Beautiful Cookbook; recipes by Barbara Pool Fenzl, text by Norman Kolpas, CollinsPublishers San Francisco, 1994.