Panellets (Pine Nut Cookies)

Name: Panellets (Pine Nut Cookies)
Ingredients: Filling:; 1 cup blanched almonds, lightly toasted (you can substitute 1 cup pine nuts here, if desired); 1-2 tsp flour; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tsp lemon zest; 1 egg, beaten; Outside of cookie:; 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature; 1 egg; 1 cup sugar; 2 cups flour; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp almond extract; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cup raw pine nuts

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Ingredients

Filling:
1 cup blanched almonds, lightly toasted (you can substitute 1 cup pine nuts here, if desired)
1-2 tsp flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp lemon zest
1 egg, beaten
Outside of cookie:
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1 egg
1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup raw pine nuts

Directions

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["To blanche the almonds: Add the almonds to boiling water for 30 seconds. Drain and rinse them in cold water. You should be able to easily remove the almonds from thier skins.", "", "Filling:", "In a food processor, mix the nuts amd 1 tsp of flour (you may been more flour if using the pine nuts) until it reaches a consisteny of fine bread crumbs (pine nuts might look like chunky PB beacuse of all the oil in them). Add the nut paste to a mixing bowl, and all the sugar and lemon zest. Add the egg slowly, blending well. (if using pine nuts, you should eyeball it with the egg, you might only need 1/2 to make the paste. If the paste is too wet, add a little bit more flour). Knead it all till its an even, pliable dough.", "", "Outter Cookie:", "In a lare bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg, almond and vanilla extracts, and blend well. In a separate bowl, sift and conbine the flour and salt, and then slowly mix the flour into the butter mixture. When a dough is formed, wrap it in saran wrap and refridgerate for 2 hours.", "", "Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.", "", "Roll the \"outer\"" dough out till about 1/4 in thick. Cut with a round cookie cutter. Take these little cookies and spoon a small amout of the nut paste in the center. Bring the sides of the outer cookie up and around the paste