Pistachio White Chocolate Cherry Cookies
If you follow me on instagram, you probably know I have a problem. An insane insatiable urge for Maison Kayser's Pistachio White Chocolate cookies . They are soooo good. And since they opened a bakery right...in...my...office building, it's really becoming a problem. It's like a daily craving.. oh, it's 3 o'clock? Time to get a cookie! And at 4 bucks a pop, this addiction is slowly killing both my wallet and my waistline, all in one fell swoop! So, in an effort to relieve my cravings on days I'm not in the office and combat my shrinking wallet (note, however, this does NOTHING for my pants size) I tried to recreate the experience at home with these Pistachio White Chocolate Cherry Cookies. They come pretty darn close without reaching the extreme butter/sugar amounts that I suspect are in the real thing, plus I added dried cherries to balance out the sweet white chocolate. Perfect for Christmas or just a Monday. These cookies are my new addiction.
These cookies are as simple to make as the classic chocolate chip, but way more impressive. The only thing that may be hard to find is the pistachio extract. I haven't been able to find it at my local supermarket, so I bought mine off amazon. It comes in pretty handy for anything you want to add some extra pistachio flavor, from cakes to cookies! Yum!
This recipe starts with creaming the butter and sugars. To that I added an egg and the pistachio extract and beat until light and fluffy. I added the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Then the ground pistachios. Pistachios are a bit of a luxury item and nuts can be pretty pricey. But I've found that Trader Joe's sells bags of nuts for reasonable prices and works great for any of my recipes. For this cookie, I bought the Pistachio nut meats and ground them myself in my mini food processor.
Once the dry ingredients were mixed into a cohesive dough, I folded in the cherries and white chocolate chips. Then I put this in the fridge for about an hour. You can leave this in there overnight if you wish. This helps the flour absorb the wet ingredients and develop a better flavor for your cookie. Once chilled, I used a medium sized cookie scoop and scooped the cookies out about 2 inches apart on a parchment lined cookie sheet. I used my fingers to flatten out the cookies a bit and baked them at 325F for 13 minutes. I would watch the cookies as they bake and take them out once they are golden brown. I like to leave them a bit underdone in the middle.
I hope you give these cookies a try for the holidays. They're so festive with the green from the pistachios and red from the cherries they'll make any dessert table even more special! And don't forget to follow me on Instagram or twitter for more on my bakes!
Pistachio White Chocolate Cherry Cookies
Yields: 27 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp pistachio extract
- 2 1/2 cup Flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup pistachio, ground
- 1 cup dried cherries, chopped
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Method
- Cream the butter and sugars. Add the egg and pistachio extract and beat until fluffy.
- Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda and ground pistachios. Mix until we’ll combined.
- On low speed mix in the chopped dried cherries and white chocolate chips.
- Refrigerate for at least an hour or overnight.
- Pre heat oven to 325F
- using a medium cookie scoop, scoop dough and place about 2 inches apart on a parchment lined baking sheet. Flatten the dough slightly using your fingertips and bake for 13 min.
- Cool on a wire rack.