If the cookies come out fine, disregard everything I've said :) - it has been a long time since I last made them.
To get them on the tray with the pine nuts you could use a pastryman bag with the largest tubing available.
Take care.
Now that I think about it, the original recipe did call for a pastry bag. I tried it, using a coupler, and as always, the coupler detached from the bag in a really explosive way. Sigh. So I started dropping them.
Thanks for the advice!