Pistachio & cranberry cookies

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• Fluffy

  25 November 2011

  Fluffy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very easy, and very tasty!

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• MadameH

  26 November 2011

  MadameH rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Just made these and like others, found the dough very difficult to form into a neat-ish log and cut into rounds. I think softer butter, and maybe chopping the nuts a bit, would help next time. The flavour is delicious.

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• KLSue

  27 November 2011

  KLSue commented on this recipe

  Found these easy to prepare and the proportions were perfect. After leaving in the fridge for 1 hour I was looking forward to the "easy" job of slicing the dough into 1cm rounds. This proved to be impossible as I could not cut through the nuts and cranberries. I ended up re-forming each slice and flattening between cling film to make the biscuits. The result was delicious. have made them for a Christmas hostess gift so will need to make more for myself! "Bashing up the nuts sounds a good idea"

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• kateyboo

  27 November 2011

  kateyboo commented on this recipe

  These are delicious :) I used pecans & i gave them a quick blitz in the mini chopper to break them down a bit. I have a fan oven and ended up baking both batches for 24 mins rather than the 15 given. The only other addition was a sprinkling of golden caster sugar as soon as the cookies came out of the oven to give a lovely crust. I also took a chunk of the mix out before mixing in the fruit & nuts for my fussy boyfriend - these biscuits baked well too.

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• kateyboo

  27 November 2011

  kateyboo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Whoops forgot to rate, and also add I am going to try cranberry & macadamia for the next lot & I am thinking of dipping half the cookie in dark choolate

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• Marie

  27 November 2011

  Marie commented on this recipe

  Lovely recipe and fab biscuits. I used gluten-free flour instead of normal and they came out really well. I would also advise chopping up the nuts a bit before adding to the mix as I struggled to make elegant shapes as I cut up the log.

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• Sarlizelle

  30 November 2011

  Sarlizelle rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I took a batch of these delicious cookies into work and they disappeared in an instant ! My colleagues likened them to shortbread. The cranberry-pistachio mix is perfect, but I'd like to try with white chocolate too next time (I'm sure the variations are endless !)

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• sue carpenter

  30 November 2011

  sue carpenter commented on this recipe

  Delicious and easy to make. Chopped up nuts a little which did help when the time came to slice into rounds. It helped to prevent crumbling. Would make again using almonds and sultanas/raisins.

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• Michelle

  02 December 2011

  Michelle commented on this recipe

  Very easy to make lovely biscuits will definetly make again

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• Fluffy

  03 December 2011

  Fluffy commented on this recipe

  Very easy to make, and very tasty, although when cooked mine merged together so I had to cut them into square. But still looked good.

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• JoB

  05 December 2011

  JoB rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really easy to make and taste great. Followed the recipe to the letter apart from I halved the quantities for this dummy run.

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• purplepossom

  09 December 2011

  purplepossom rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Love these biscuits... so delicious and easy to make. So far have been making them with macademia & cranberry as can buy these in a mixed bag cheaper than pistachios, but for christmas pressies going to splash out and get some pistachios in there for the festive red & green colour!

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• manatee

  12 December 2011

  manatee commented on this recipe

  sorry to say I was really disappointed with this one... mine came out really dry.

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• manatee

  12 December 2011

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• Rowena

  16 December 2011

  Rowena rated and commented on this recipe

  

  These are great. Didnt get anywhere near 22 out of them though! Not sure if I cooked them long enough. Are they still supposed to be really soft and squidgy when you get them out of the oven? Regardless, they taste lovely. Im going to make a huge batch and give them to family and friends for xmas. I hope they like them as much as me and my children!

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• ClaireS

  19 December 2011

  ClaireS rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I loved the taste of these cookies. My only negative was that I bought unshelled nuts and found it took me ages to shell enough pistachios. I agree with the others that the butter needs to be very soft to bind it and it is better to chop the nuts slightly before mixing them.

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• spookiebee

  20 December 2011

  spookiebee rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I have made this recipe several times now, each time I just change the fruit/nut combo. So far I have made: chocolate chips cookies, cranberry and pistachio cookies , Cranberry and Pecan cookies and crystalised Ginger cookies - all of which are delicious.

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• merylou

  20 December 2011

  merylou rated and commented on this recipe

  

  yummy, and so easy to make

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• sally

  21 December 2011

  sally rated and commented on this recipe

  

  These are really excellent, although I would say they are far more like shortbread than cookie! So simple to make, I have had no trouble either bringing the dogh together or slicing it after chilling. Will make these again and again.

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• PanClanger

  22 December 2011

  PanClanger rated and commented on this recipe

  

  delicious and very christmassy. I don't know why but I had no problem slicing the dough logs into rounds, even though I hadn't chopped the pistachios. I have a good Global knife with quite a thin blade (I think it's a filletting knife!) and it did the job fine, no sweat. I liked the look of the finished biscuits with big cross-sections of pistachios on the surface, looking a bit like biscotti. I am looking forward to trying variations using other nuts, or choc chips and other fruit, such as cherries or dried apricots.

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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

PER SERVING

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

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