Twin Cities Live - Cherry Pistachio

Twin Cities Live - 12 Days of Cookies

Day 2 featured a Cherry Pistachio cookie created by TCL Kitchen Star and creator of Dining With Alice, Alice Seuffert. She chose to pair these gorgeous and delicious cookies with our Cherry Nut ice cream. 

Cherry Pistachio Cookies
Alice Seuffert, Dining with Alice

Ingredients
2 ½ Cups Flour
½ tsp Baking Powder
2 sticks Butter(Salted)
½ Cup Granulated Sugar
4 tsp Cherry Juice (Juice from Marchino/Salad Cherries)
12 Maraschino Cherries (chopped)
1 Egg
½ cup Pistachios (shelled)
½ cup Dried Cherries
Garnish: 5 ounces melted white chocolate (I like to use Ghirardelli White Melting Wafers)

Preheat oven to 350.

Mix flour and baking powder together and set aside.

Cream butter, ½ cup of sugar, cherry juice and chopped maraschino cherries. Add egg and mix.

Finely chop the pistachios and dried cherries and add to mixer. Gradually add in the flour mixture and mix until combined.

Use a cookie scoop to make a total of 36 cookie balls.

Arrange a dozen cookie balls on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Press down each cookie ball. Bake for 12 minutes.

Once cooled, dip half of the cookie in melted white chocolate.

Makes 36 Cookies