Pistachio Cookies Recipe

Real pistachios make thick, silky, buttery drop biscuits. Powdered sugar-coated pistachio drop cookies add a fresh flavor to snowball cookies. 

– 2¼ cups (270 g) all purpose flour – ½ teaspoon baking powder – ¼ teaspoon salt – 1 cup (120 g) raw or roasted pistachio – 1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter, room temperature – 1½ cups (180 g) powdered sugar, divided – 1 zested lemon – 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract – ½ teaspoon almond extract

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Mix the baking powder, salt, and all-purpose flour in a bowl until thoroughly blended. Put aside. 

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2

Process pistachios in a food processor. Process pistachios into almond flour. This takes 20-30 pulses. Wait to combine pistachio flour into butter. 

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Blend room-temperature butter, ¾ cup (90 g) powdered sugar, and lemon zest using a stand mixer or electric hand mixer with beaters. 3- 4 minutes at medium pace. 

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Add ground pistachios, vanilla, and almond extracts and mix well. Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients just until mixed.

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Preheat the oven to 350 F (177 C) as the cookies chill. Parchment two big baking sheets.

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Baking pistachio cookies takes 10-12 minutes. Cookies will have a light golden brown bottom. 

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Put the remaining powdered sugar (¾ cup, 90 g) in a bowl. Toss the pistachio snowball cookies gently in powdered sugar until entirely coated. Return to cooling rack.

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