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Mario Batali's Brutti Ma Buoni Cookies

Posted by Mario Batali, February 12, 2008

- makes about 2 pounds of cookies -
Brutti ma buoni translates roughly to "ugly but good."

Ingredients

4 egg whites, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon amaretto
1 tablespoon cocoa powder, bitter
1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts
1/4 cup chopped almonds
1/4 cup pine nuts
Zest of 4 oranges

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and dust cookie sheet.

2. Place whites in the bowl of an electric mixer; whip to soft peak. Add sugar steadily, and beat 2 minutes. Stop machine; add flour, vanilla, amaretto, and cocoa powder. Mix 1 minute, and stop machine. Stir in nuts quickly; place 2-inch blobs on cookie sheet. Bake 30 minutes until crisp. Remove and let cool.

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