Sicilian Pistachio Cookies

Name: Sicilian Pistachio Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 26
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters all purpose flour; 1 teaspoons almond extract; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 zest of lemon; 473 milliliters shelled, unsalted pistachios (aprox 16 ounces whole pistachios); 296 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Sicilian Pistachio Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 26. One serving contains 194 calories, 3g of protein, and 12g of fat. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up butter, almond extract, eggs, and It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 32

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Oven

Line a 13" by 18" rimmed cookie sheet with parchment paper. Grease parchment paper with butter.

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Butter

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Place 1 cup of pistachios in a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped but not powder, approximately 20 pulses. In a medium bowl, mix flour and salt.

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Pistachio Nuts

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Food Processor

Bowl

Mix pistachios into flour mixture. Set aside.

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Pistachio Nuts

All Purpose Flour

In a large bowl, beat butter with 1 1/4 cups sugar until it is light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs. Scrape down sides of bowl, then beat in vanilla and almond extracts and lemon zest.

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Lemon Zest

Vanilla

Almonds

Butter

Sugar

Egg

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Bowl

Beat flour mixture into sugar mixture in two additions. The dough will be soft. Use a spatula to spread the dough evenly across the baking sheet. Roughly chop remaining cup of pistachios and sprinkle them over the dough.

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Pistachio Nuts

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