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Pistachio Cookies
Italian Pistachio Cookies are a delicate shortbread cookie with a creamy pistachio nut flavor. It is a wonderful addition to cookie platters or an elegant cookie for showers or parties. These cookies are part of a wonderful dough that you can make three different cookies with. Talk about more bang for your buck and it offers a great variety for your cookie trays.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Step 1
With the paddle attachment of a stand mixer cream butter until light and fluffy.
- Step 2
Add in brown sugar and white sugar and continue to mix until well incorporated.
- Step 3
Add in egg and vanilla and continue mixing until well blended.
- Step 4
In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
- Step 5
Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture mixing after each addition until all the flour is incorporated.
- Step 6
Add in pistachios and food coloring, mix gently on low.
- Step 7
Lay out a piece of wax paper on a flat surface. Scoop the dough into the center of the wax paper. Use the wax paper to help roll the dough into a long shape with a diameter of about 2 inches.
- Step 8
Wrap the dough in the wax paper and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Step 9
To bake-
- Step 10
Preheat the oven to 350
- Step 11
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Step 12
Slice the cookie dough into ¼- ½ inch slices.
- Step 13
Place dough slices on prepared cookie sheet a couple of inches apart.
- Step 14
Bake for 10-14 minutes or until they are a very lightly golden brown around the edge and appear dry in the center.
- Step 15
Allow to cool for 2-3 minutes on the baking sheet before removing and allowing to cool completely on a wire rack.
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