It's not the time of year to harvest pine nuts, that would be in the late fall, but there is no time like the present to bake with these tasty and nutritious seeds, aka pinoli or pignoli nuts. Pignoli Cookie Recipe Here.The pignoli cookie, an Italian specialty confection, is made of almond flour formed into a dough similar to that of a macaroon and then topped with pine nuts. Also, here's a nice bit of history on pine nuts and The People of The Great Basin.
sugar cone
raw pine nuts, in shell
pine nuts