Best Chocolate And Pistachio Cookies Recipes

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CRANBERRY AND PISTACHIO CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES



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Make and share this Cranberry and Pistachio Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Nurse_Corie

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 35m

Yield 48 cookies, 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup semisweet chocolate
3/4 cup dried cranberries
3/4 cup coarsely chopped lightly salted pistachios

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375. Combine butter and shortening; beat with an electric mixer on medium to high for 30 seconds. Add sugar, brown sugar, baking soda and salt; beat until mixed. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until mixed. Beat in flour; until mixed. Stir in chocolate, cranberries and pistachios.
  • Drop by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in the preheated overn for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool.
  • To store: Layer cookies between waxed paper in an airtight container; cover. Store at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 5425.9, Fat 317.6, SaturatedFat 135.2, Cholesterol 667, Sodium 4482.8, Carbohydrate 624.3, Fiber 43.1, Sugar 321.9, Protein 82.2

CHOCOLATE AND PISTACHIO COOKIES



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This recipe is from Gourmet magazine and was adapted from the Ritz-Carlton. Makes 6 dough logs that make about 20 cookies each. You can bake as many cookies as you like, then freeze the remaining logs for other occasions. Don't use the red dyed pistachios. I only put in prep time because the rest of the time depends on how many logs you make.

Provided by Little Suzy Homemak

Categories     Dessert

Time 20m

Yield 120 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

6 ounces bittersweet chocolate
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
1 1/4 cups light brown sugar, packed
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/3 cups shelled salted pistachios, finely chopped

Steps:

  • Finely chop 2 1/2 ounces chocolate and melt in a small bowl set over a small saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring until smooth. Remove bowl from heat and cool chocolate.
  • Finely chop remaining 3 1/2 ounces chocolate.
  • Sift together flour, baking powder and baking soda.
  • Beat together 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes, then beat in egg and vanilla until combined well.
  • Add flour mixture in batches and mix at medium speed until just combined, then beat in melted chocolate until incorporated. Stir in pistachios and chopped chocolate.
  • Divide dough into 6 equal portions and roll each piece into a 12-inch-long log (3/4 inch thick). Wrap each log in plastic wrap and freeze until firm, at least 30 minutes.
  • Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Slich 1/2-inch thick rounds from 1 frozen log and arrange about 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
  • Place baking sheet on top of another baking sheet (to protect undersides from overbrowning) and bake until cookies rise slightly and then fall (tops of cookies will be cracked), 10-12 minutes.
  • Transfer cookies to a rack to cool.
  • Make more cookies on cooled baking sheets in the same manner.
  • Cookies keep, cooled completely, in an airtight container at room temperature for 1 week.
  • Wrapped dough logs can be frozen for 3 months.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 30.2, Fat 1.5, SaturatedFat 0.6, Cholesterol 4, Sodium 15.2, Carbohydrate 3.8, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 2.3, Protein 0.5

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