Pistachio Cookies Recipe

How to Make Pistachio Cookies

Chewy and soft, these pistachio cookies are super easy to make! They feature smokey pistachios, creamy morsels of white chocolate and a light crust that melts in your mouth and forms the perfect cookie! Make sure to also try our pistachio fluff recipe!

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Pistachio Cookies

Servings 18

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 ½ cups of all-purpose flour
• ▢ 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon of salt
• ▢ 2 sticks of butter at room temperature
• ▢ ½ cup of light brown sugar packed
• ▢ ½ cup of granulated sugar
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 1 ½ teaspoon of pure vanilla extract or imitation vanilla flavor
• ▢ 1 3.4-oz package of pistachio instant pudding
• ▢ 1 cup of roughly chopped pistachios
• ▢ 1 cup of white chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line 2 large baking pans with parchment paper and set aside.
• Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl and set aside.
• Cream the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar together in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes.
• Beat in the eggs and vanilla then beat in the pistachio pudding until combined.
• Stir the flour mixture in by hand then stir in the pistachios and white chocolate chips.
• Form 2-inch balls from the batter then place them evenly spaced on your prepared baking pans and gently press down on the tops.
• Press in a few pieces of chopped pistachio if desired then bake one pan at a time for 12-15 minutes or until light and golden around the edges and the tops start to dry out.

Notes

Storing:
– These cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.