Pistachio & cranberry cookies

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• Katie

  11 November 2011

  Katie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Just lovely and very Christmassy! Very easy recipe, have made them 3 times since finding the recipe in the magazine last month!

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• Carolyn Speirs

  12 November 2011

  Carolyn Speirs rated and commented on this recipe

  

  So easy, very tasty. I had no pistachios so used white chocolate instead. Gorgeous. Will try with the nuts for Christmas presents.

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• sinny12lyns087

  17 November 2011

  sinny12lyns087 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  love it.. fantastic recipe

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• EllisCooks

  17 November 2011

  EllisCooks commented on this recipe

  These are in the fridge chilling before going into the oven. So easy to make. I didn't have enough pistachios so have used white choc chips instead. Also have done a batch of dark choc and ginger so will see how they turn out!

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• aticavo

  18 November 2011

  aticavo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  scrumptious!

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• bonbon

  19 November 2011

  bonbon rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Lovely biscuits and so convenient as the dough can be frozen. Will be making these again and again.

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• Tilly

  19 November 2011

  Tilly commented on this recipe

  Should I use an egg to bind the dough? Mine seems flakey and finding it difficult to form a log.

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• MsCupCake

  20 November 2011

  MsCupCake rated and commented on this recipe

  

  No egg necesary - if you beat the fat/sugar it will be soft enough to cling together. You do need to chill it as well - I just left mine on the side and they were an odd shape when I cut them! Had to pat them out to a circle, and I don't think they looked as good as the picture.

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• Janine

  20 November 2011

  Janine commented on this recipe

  Fantastic - so quick and easy to put together. The dough definitely needs to go in the freezer for an hour - that way the cookies won't spread out of shape. No egg needed - perhaps your butter wasn't quite soft enough?

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• Hezz

  21 November 2011

  Hezz commented on this recipe

  These are absolutely fab, although mine were not quite as big as the pic, but as most of the dough is in the freezer for christmas presents. I think I might get more than 22 out of the mix. I also used my kenwood chef to make the dough with the KFlexi beater on & it worked a treat. Next time I think I will use white choc chips as others have.

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• Hezz

  21 November 2011

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  Sorry forgot to rate the recipe!!

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• hannahshatford

  22 November 2011

  hannahshatford commented on this recipe

  Thinking of doing these for Christmas presents :) They look delicious

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• Marian

  23 November 2011

  Marian commented on this recipe

  Just about to make these dekicious looking cookies. Wondering if cranberries and nuts need chopping?

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• Belly

  23 November 2011

  Belly commented on this recipe

  Marian - I'd definitely recommend you cut the pistachios up. I just made the cookies and they were a nightmare to cut. I used my sharpest Global knife and though it cut through the nuts it caused the slices of cookie to crumble and split around the nut. I also had to add a bit more butter as the mix wouldn't stick together too well. Aside from that fab recipe!

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• Belly

  23 November 2011

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  Forgot to rate!

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• bunties

  24 November 2011

  bunties rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made these last weekend, but as my Husband has colesterol issues I used olive spread (as I do in all of my cooking) instead of butter, and sploshed a bit of vanilla essence in, rather than measuring. With hindsight, I should have added more. My family felt the biscuit part of the cookie lacked flavour, which I attributed to the above, so thought I should pass this finding on to others who also endeavor to make things more healthy. I think more vanilla would have helped though.

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• Fi-Louise

  24 November 2011

  Fi-Louise rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely fantastic - in my opinion. I used white lindt chocolate and pistachios (chopped the choccy but no the pistachios) and followed the recipe to the letter; took longer to cook but smelt and looked amazing! I used a very sharp knife to cut and a few bits if chocolate were stubborn to cut but they turned out so well i was delighted!!

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• Lilliebet4

  24 November 2011

  Lilliebet4 commented on this recipe

  On many occasions, infact approx 75% of the time, I am going to pprint recipes, and on the print preview the ingredients are missing - what is wrong?

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• merrymug

  25 November 2011

  merrymug rated and commented on this recipe

  

  So easy and quick. Absolutely YUMMY as well!

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• rhiannon134

  25 November 2011

  rhiannon134 commented on this recipe

  Going to make these for kids to give to the teachers. If you are having trouble with the shape, put the dough into an empty kitchen roll tube while it sits in the fridge, will keep it round. I will bash up the nuts a bit I think, also will try white chop chips as that sounds good.

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Ingredients

• 175g butter , softened
• 85g golden caster sugar
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 225g plain flour
• 75g pistachios
• 75g dried cranberries

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MAKES 22

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Prep 15 mins

Cook 15 mins

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• 175g butter , softened
• 85g golden caster sugar
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 225g plain flour
• 75g pistachios
• 75g dried cranberries

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140 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 15g, fat 9 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 0g, sugar 7g, salt 0.1 g

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