White Christmas cookies

Name: White Christmas cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 44 min
Ingredients: 400 g (14 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature, cubed; 200 g (7 oz) icing (confectioners’) sugar; 400 g (14 oz) white chocolate, chopped; 200 g (7 oz) dried cranberries, chopped; 100 g (3½ oz/⅔ cup) unsalted pistachio nuts, chopped; 400 g (14 oz/2⅔ cups) plain (all-purpose) flour; 50 g (1¾ oz/½ cup) desiccated coconut; 90 g (3 oz/¾ cup) cornflour (cornstarch); 90 g (3 oz/¾ cup) cornflour (cornstarch)

Preparation info

Makes About
80 or 10
bags of 8 biscuits

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Chefs Host Christmas Too

By Darren Purchese

Published 2018

About

A thoughtful gift, a fancy place setting or just delicious snacks for the crew at Christmas. These moreish cookies aren’t just for the festive season - you’ll be busting out trays of these all year round.

Ingredients

400 g (14 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature, cubed
200 g (7

Cookies
Vegetarian
December
Winter

Method

Put the butter and icing sugar in the bowl of a freestanding electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream on low speed for 8–10 minutes until pale and smooth, using a spatula to scrape down the inside of the bowl to ensure everything is evenly mixed.
Add all of the remaining ingredients, except 300 g (10½ oz) of the chopped chocolate, to the bowl and