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     Title: PIGNOLI COOKIES
Categories: Cookies, Fruit, Italian
     Yield: 36 servings

 1 1/4 lb Almonds; ground fine
     1 c  Butter
   1/2 c  Sugar
     1 ts Vanilla
   1/2 ts Salt
     2 c  Flour, or a little less
          -(See NOTE)
     1 c  Pine nuts, chopped
          Granulated sugar
          Sweetened milk, optional

 CREAM BUTTER AND SUGAR together until very soft. Then carefully blend
 in the ground almonds, salt, vanilla and flour. The dough will be
 rather firm. Cut off pieces about the size of prunes and roll them
 into little cigar-shaped pieces about 1/2-inch thick. Roll these in
 the chopped pine nuts and bend them into a half-moon shape. Place
 these 1-inch apart on greased baking pans. Bake at 350F for 15-to-20
 minutes. The crescents should not be browned. Cool about 5 minutes,
 then strew with a little granulated sugar or brush with heavily
 sweetened milk.

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