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Cookies with Nuts
Mostaccioli con le Mandorle (Italian almond cookies, with flour, honey and cinnamon)
Originated from: Marche, Italy
Occasion: Special events
Contributed by: Nadia Ballienzano (Zia Lina's recipe)

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Ingredients

6 eggs
16 oz. of sugar
16 oz. of honey
6 teaspoons of Magic baking powder
8 oz. of flour
1 pound of roasted almonds, cut very small
A touch of cinnamon



Directions

Mix all the ingredients together.

Rub your hands with a little oil and then make forms that look like sticks or "bastongini" in Italian.

Cook in a 300 degree F oven for about 40 minutes.


Notes

Photo: Mary Melfi.

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