Chocolate Drizzled Italian Pistachio Cookies Recipe

Chocolate Drizzled Italian Pistachio Cookies Recipe

from allourway.com
25 min

This Pistachio Cookies Recipe with Chocolate Drizzle is so easy to make using a pudding mix. The mascarpone cheese gives it a nice soft texture and the chocolate drizzle adds the extra holiday touch.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Butter (8 ounces) (2 sticks, softened and cut into pats))
  • 8 ounces Mascarpone cheese
  • 3/4 cup Sugar (150 grams)
  • 1 Large egg
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons Vanilla extract (6-1/2 grams)
  • 2-1/4 cups All-purpose flour (10 ounces)
  • 1 teaspoon Aluminum-free baking powder( 1/8 ounce)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt (1/8 ounce)
  • 3.4 ounce Package Pistachio Pudding Mix (Use regular but may use instant. )
  • 1/2 cup Pistachios (3 ounces)
  • Few drops green food coloring (Optional )
  • 1/2 cup Milk Chocolate morsels (For drizzling on cookies )

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350℉.

  2. 2

    Cream butter, mascarpone cheese, and sugar in a mixer until combined.

  3. 3

    Add egg and vanilla and beat until mixed.

  4. 4

    Add the flour, baking powder, pistachio pudding mix and salt and mix until combined.

  5. 5

    Stir in pistachios - the batter will be hard to stir.

  6. 6

    Use a medium cookie scoop and place the balls on the baking tray.

  7. 7

    Bake in the middle rack of the oven for 15 minutes, check after 12 in case your oven is heating hotter than ours. The cookies should be a little soft to the touch and slightly brown around the edges.

  8. 8

    Let the cookies rest on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before moving them to the wire rack.

  9. 9

    Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl or the top of a double boiler set over hot, but NOT boiling, water. Stir occasionally until chocolate is almost melted. Remove from heat and stir until chocolate is melted and smooth.