Pistachio Wedding Cookies Recipe 415

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350...butter or spray 2 cookie sheets.
• 2. Place pistachios and cherries in food processor and process lightly until both are nicely chopped, do not over process you don't want powdered pistachios.
• 3. In a mixer bowl beat butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and salt, then add pistachios, cherries and zest, if desired. Slowly beat flour into creamed mixture until just blended.
• 4. Shape generous tablespoons of dough into 2"x 1" logs. Place on cookie sheets 1" apart and bake one sheet at a time, 16 minutes or until just starting to turn a golden color around bottom edges.
• 5. Remove from oven, cool on pan for 10 min. then roll gently but generously in powdered sugar. Set onto wax paper to finish cooling. ENJOY!

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl cream butter. Beat in 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy. Add in vanilla In a medium bowl combine flour, pudding mix and salt. Gradually mix flour mixture into wet ingredients until combined. Divide dough in half and form into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for at least an hour. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Remove dough from plastic wrap and make tsp size balls. Place on baking sheets and press down on the balls slightly spacing them about 1 inch part. Bake in preheated oven for 9-10 minutes. While cookies are still warm toss them in remaining confectioners' sugar and set on wire rack until cooled completely.

Steps:

• 1. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter. Beat in 1/2 cup powdered sugar until fluffy. Add vanilla extract. In a medium bowl, combine flour, pudding mix and salt. Gradually mix flour mixture into wet ingredients until combined.
• 2. Divide dough in half and form into balls. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Remove dough from refrigerator and make teaspoon size balls. Place on baking sheet and press down on balls slightly, spacing 1-inch apart.
• 3. Bake in preheated oven 9-10 minutes. Do not overbake. Remove from oven, and let them cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. While cookies are still warm, toss in remaining powdered sugar. Set on wire rack until cooled completely. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 3 heavy large baking sheets. Using electric mixer, beat 2 cups butter and 1 cup powdered sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and salt, then pistachios and cherries. Using spatula, stir in all flour (do not overmix dough).
• Shape dough by generous tablespoonfuls into football-shaped ovals. Place on prepared sheets, spacing 1 inch apart. Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until bottoms just begin to color, about 16 minutes. Cool cookies on sheets 10 minutes before coating.
• Pour generous amount of powdered sugar into medium bowl. Working with 5 or 6 warm cookies at a time, add cookies to bowl of sugar; gently turn to coat thickly. Transfer cookies to sheet of waxed paper. Repeat to coat cookies with sugar again; cool completely. do ahead Can be made 4 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.