CRANBERRY PISTACHIO COOKIES
Cranberry Pistachio Cookies are festive, buttery, easy to make and melt in the mouth kind of cookies. Besides having both red and green colours of Christmas, what I like about this recipe is that I can make the dough ahead and freeze it. When required I allow the rolled logs to thaw in the fridge, slice and bake. And delicious cookies are ready in a jiffy.
Ingredients
- 1½ cups soft butter approx 300g
- 2 cup wheat flour
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup honey or maple syrup
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup dried cranberries roughly chopped
- 1 cup pistachios roughly chopped or sliced
Instructions
- Sieve the flours and baking soda together into a bowl. Add the cranberries and pistachios and mix well.
- In another bowl, cream sugar and butter till it is soft and fluffy.
- Add the maple syrup or honey, vanilla extract and whisk well.
- Add the flour mixture and using your hands form a soft dough. Do not over knead.
- Let the dough rest for 5-10 minutes as it will be very soft.
- Divide the dough into 4 parts.
- Using your hands press one part lightly into a long roll about 8" long.
- Wrap it up in a cling film and shape the roll properly.
- Put it in a tray.
- Repeat the above steps with the remaining dough.
- Place the rolls in the freezer for at least 1 hour or till it becomes a bit hard.
- Preheat the oven to 150°C. Lightly grease baking trays with butter or line them with parchment paper.
- Take the rolls out of the freezer. Unwrap the cling film.
- Using a very sharp knife cut the log into slices about ¼" thick.
- Arrange the slices on the baking tray.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the edges become light brown.
- Take the tray out of the oven and leave the cookies on the tray for 5 minutes.
- Remove the cookies from the tray and let them cool down completely on a wire rack.
- Store in an airtight container.
Notes
- While cutting the roll, do not use a see saw method, just cut through. Best to use a sharp knife.
- Can leave the rolls overnight or longer in the freezer. Bake when required.
- Add nuts and dried fruit of your choice.
- If the dough is a bit sticky when you shape the rolls, dust the worktop very lightly with some flour.
- If you cut thicker slices the number of cookies will be reduced and you may need to bake them longer.