Chocolate Cookies with Pistachios

Name: Chocolate Cookies with Pistachios
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 42 min
Ingredients: 300 g/10½ oz/2¼ cups plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 tsp baking powder; 70 g/2½ oz/¾ cup shelled pistachio nuts, to garnish; 225 g/8 oz/scant 1 cup butter, softened; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 100 g/3½ oz/¾ cup icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted

Preparation info

Makes:
30
cookies

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Everybody Loves Chocolate

By Jennifer Donovan

Published 2024

About

Ingredients

225 g/8 oz/scant 1 cup butter, softened
1

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla together until light and fluffy using an electric hand mixer. Add the eggs, a little at a time, until well mixed.
Sift together the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder, then stir into the butter mixture, adding one-third at a time. When the mixture is well combined, place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes until slightly fi