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Cranberry, Pistachio and White Chocolate Cookies

November 17, 2014 By Kerry Cooks 7 Comments

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!

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!

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!

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
Yields 21
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
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 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!

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!

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!

 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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  1. Cloey says

    November 19, 2014 at 4:39 pm

    These will be added to the list of Christmas bakes!

    Cloey x

    Reply
  2. Amanda says

    November 19, 2014 at 12:46 am

    I love cranberry, pistachio and white chocolate together!These cookies look so pretty and so festive!!!
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    • Kerry Cooks says

      November 19, 2014 at 9:56 am

      Thanks Amanda! Its such an addictive combination!

      Reply
  3. Jasmin Charlotte says

    November 17, 2014 at 12:55 pm

    Yum! I am looking forward to your Christmas recipes so bring them on – I want to do lots of baking in December! I think it’s okay to get excited a little earlier – I think I am going to decorate earlier as we are going away to the family for Christmas so I want to enjoy for as long as possible! xx

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    • Kerry Cooks says

      November 17, 2014 at 12:57 pm

      Thanks Jasmin! I couldn’t agree more about your approach to Christmas! Where are you off to?

      Reply
  4. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says

    November 17, 2014 at 9:29 am

    I love this combo Kerry and not just because it’s the prettiest combo in terms of colour! 😀

    Reply
    • Kerry Cooks says

      November 17, 2014 at 12:58 pm

      Me too! And me too, I love how festive it is but the flavour, crunch and tartness are super yummy too!

      Reply

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