If there’s one thing Lloyd loves, it’s me sweets.
Actually, it’s fantasy football, leaving half full (I’m an optimist!) cups of water laying around the house, fried dough, You Tube videos, Junior Mints, and hockey.
And me.
Sometimes, I’m nice, and I buy him pistachios to snack on. Most of the time, I’m selfish, and buy pistachios to bake with. All of the time, Lloyd dominates the pistachios as soon as I walk in the door with them. That’s probably the reason that there is one lone recipe using pistachios on this blog.
Those overpriced nuts don’t stand a chance in this house.
Awhile ago, I stumbled upon a container of pinachios at Trader Joe’s. They looked like something Lloyd would love: butter cookies with pistachios. I decided to give them a whirl. Not surprisingly, they didn’t last long in this house. I’m pretty sure Lloyd ate the entire container in one sitting.
After sending an SOS out on Facebook and Twitter to find a great butter cookie recipe, I got to work creating my own version. (Thanks to reader, Stacy, for providing me with the base for these cookies!)
Pinachio Cookies
Yields about 2 dozen
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 C pistachios, chopped
- 2 C white chocolate chips
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar egg yolks, salt, and vanilla extract. Mix in flour a little bit at a time until a soft dough forms.
- Slowly mix in pistachios and white chocolate chips.
- If dough is too soft, refrigerate for 15 to 20 minutes. Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place balls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown on the bottom. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.
These buttery sweetness of the cookie pairs nicely with the rich, mellow pistachios. The white chocolate and the nuts play nicely off each other. The cookies are light and crispy, leaving behind just the smallest crumb with each bite.
Needless to say, this homemade version didn’t last long, either.
Because if there’s one thing that Lloyd loves, it’s me cookies.
These are precious – love pistachios!
I love pistachios! Great recipe.
I’ve enjoyed those cookies from TJs too! Very nice to know I can make them at home now too
This is such a fun post! Those cookies look awesome too, I’m not surprised how quickly they disappeared!
Love pistachios. These look great!
I’ve never heard of pinachios before but i love the name! Great cookie.
Holy delicious. I, too, love Junior Mints. You be sure to tell Lloyd that I’d like those for my wedding present
Such a great sounding cookie recipe! Great post!
This does look like a unique recipe with pistachios-actually I have never heard of these. I like the look of these cookies as well as the texture and have saved the recipe. Not many recipes around for pistachios-maybe it is because too many people eat them before we are ready to bake with them! Have a great day.
Pistachios are my favorite nut and about the only one I eat (undoctored) raw so I have got to try these cookies.
My Dad would LOVE these! Like love them!
That looks so great. I love the recipe.
YUM! If Lloyd ever gets sick of these, you can send some to me
I love pistachios too..that’s why I don’t buy them, because well, they would be gone in a few SHORT days.
Yummy, these look so good!! I’m printing this recipe!!
I bet those just melt in your mouth. Delicious!
I SO heart pistachios. I love them in biscotti and now I’m thinking they would be oh so fantastic in an oatmeal cookie. Yum. The hardest part though is not eating them before I get a chance to use them.
I love pistachios! And love your cookies. Yum!
Oh these sound good! My boss used to make pistachio cookies with a cream cheese base that was similar.
These cookies are terrific! My husband loves pistachios, but he puts his glasses in the sink….yay!
I love pistachios too, but hardly buy them. I just make a batch of cookies with sweet potato & walnuts
These sound great! We also love pistachios!
Nice blog!!
Cheers!
It is soooo good to know I am not the only one battling the half glasses of water (or anything else) issue. Grrrr. These cookies do sound good and are awfully sweet of you to make for Lloyd
Whoa, these look phenom!
You mean to tell me that Lloyd went nuts over these, yes? Because they look fantastic!
The cookies look awesome! I love pistachios in cookies.
Yum! These are chalk full of yummy treats
I can literally taste those in my mouth. They look SO GOOD.
@newlywed, Me too! (And Lloyd!)
@Carolyn, I do mean to say he went “nuts” for these…