Cranberry, Pistachio and White Chocolate Cookies

Ease into the festive season with these gorgeously soft and chewy cranberry, pistachio and white chocolate cookies! Delicately spiced with a little ginger and cinnamon, they’re incredibly moreish and a little bit Christmassy!

Well it’s officially past mid-November, is it almost acceptable to get my Christmas decorations out yet? I’ve always held off until December in previous years, but I have to say, it seems harder this year. Anyone else finding that?

These cookies are absolutely yummy! I made them for a family lunch and my husband ate at least five of them, which is weird because he doesn’t normally eat cookies, or really anything sweet, which is highly inconvenient for me. I love the combination of pistachio and cranberry, as well as looking holiday-appropriate, the tart cranberries and crunchy nuts are delicious. Melty white chocolate buttons and festive cinnamon and ginger make these cookies even more addictive.

You may notice how I’m sneaking gradually towards out and out FESTIVE SPIRIT. These cookies are a little way in for you so you don’t have to stop pretending to be a total grinch who definitely won’t be entertaining anything Christmassy until at least December the first.

From next week though, I’m afraid all bets are off. We’re going all out Christmas around here!

Cranberry, Pistachio and White Chocolate Cookies

2014-11-16 18:37:41

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Ease into the festive season with these gorgeously soft and chewy cranberry, pistachio and white chocolate cookies! Delicately spiced with a little ginger and cinnamon, they're incredibly moreish and a little bit Christmassy!

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Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

10 min

Total Time

20 min

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

10 min

Total Time

20 min

350 calories

46 g

43 g

17 g

5 g

8 g

80 g

27 g

26 g

0 g

8 g

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size

80g

Yields

21

Amount Per Serving

Calories 350

Calories from Fat 148

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 17g

26%

Saturated Fat 8g

41%

Trans Fat 0g

Polyunsaturated Fat 2g

Monounsaturated Fat 6g

Cholesterol 43mg

14%

Sodium 27mg

1%

Total Carbohydrates 46g

15%

Dietary Fiber 2g

9%

Sugars 26g

Protein 5g

Vitamin A

7%

Vitamin C

1%

Calcium

5%

Iron

5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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For the cookie dough

1. 230g | 2 sticks unsalted butter
2. 175g | 1 cup brown sugar
3. 100g | 1/2 cup caster sugar
4. 2 large free range eggs
5. 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste
6. 1 tsp ground cinnamon
7. 1 tsp ground ginger
8. 450g | 3 cups plain flour
9. large pinch salt
10. 200g | 1 cup dried cranberries
11. 200g | 1 cup shelled pistachios
12. 200g | 1 cup white chocolate buttons or chips

For the cookie dough

1. Preheat your oven to 160C/gas mark 5/350F and prepare three large baking trays with non stick baking mats or greaseproof paper.
2. Combine the unsalted butter and sugars in a bowl and mix together with a spatula - your butter needs to be very soft! Beat in the two eggs, salt and vanilla, and then measure out the dry ingredients. Reserve a handful each of the cranberries, pistachios and white chocolate, and stir the rest into your dough.
3. Finally, sift in the plain flour, quickly incorporating it into the cookie dough. Use a small cookie scoop to scoop balls of dough onto your tray, at least 3 inches apart. Use the reserved cranberries, chocolate and pistachios to decorate the top of the cookies. Bake for a scant 9-11 minutes, removing from the oven before they start to brown. Let them cool and firm up completely on the counter before you attempt to move them.

By Kerry Cooks

Adapted from Diethood.com

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calories

350

fat

17g

protein

5g

carbs

46g

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Adapted from Diethood.com

Kerry Cooks https://kerrycooks.com/

 Have I mentioned the importance of ice cream scoops to your baking before? I have two, a small one and a large one. The small one is invaluable for perfectly round and even balls of cookie dough, and the large one is perfect for making cupcakes – you use the scoop to measure out the batter, so all the cupcakes turn out exactly the same size!

If you’re a serious cookie baker, I’d also really recommend picking up these non-stick re-usable baking mats from Lakeland – I was skeptical at first, but they’re fantastic! Absolutely nothing sticks to them – so you never need to fear making delicious cookies that you can’t prise off the tray again!

I hope you love these!

x Kerry

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