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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Cranberry Pistachio Cookies




Ingredients
  • All Purpose Flour (Maida) - 2 and 1/3 cups
  • Unsalted Butter - 1 cup
  • Sugar - 2/3 cup
  • Vanilla Extract - 1 teaspoon
  • Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
  • Pistachios - 1 cup
  • Dried Cranberries - 1 cup

Preparation / Method
  • Take the room temperature butter in a bowl and beat it well using a electric mixer for about a minute till it becomes soft and smooth.
  • Powder the sugar and add it to the butter and continue to beat it till it becomes smooth and creamy.
  • Beat in the vanilla extract.
  • Add salt to the flour and mix it well in a separate bowl.Add this flour and salt mixture to the wet ingredients and gently mix it.
  • Fold in the cranberries and pistachios to the mixture.
  • Knead it a little and split it to two halves.
  • Shape each one to nice smooth long round logs as shown in the below picture.

  • Cover it in a plastic wrap and keep it refrigerated for around 3 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 160 degrees C (325 degrees F).
  • Take out the logs and slice them into half inch thick round cookies.
  • Place the cookies on a baking tray and bake them till they are brown in the edges , or about 15 minutes.

  • Once done, cool them on a rack and store them in airtight containers.

They are delicious to eat and melts in the mouth.





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