Description

Cute Christmas trees speckled with red cranberries and green pistachio pieces are perfect Christmas cookies.

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter-room temperature
¾ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Dash of salt
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup+2 Tbsp. sweetened dried cranberries-chopped
½ cup+2 Tbsp. pistachios-chopped

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Instructions

Beat room temperature butter, powdered sugar and vanilla.
Gradually add flour and mix to combine. Do not mix too much. The mixture will look crumbly.
Mix in ½ cup chopped cranberries and ½ cup chopped pistachios (see step 6.) Then, knead it just a few times with your hands until mixture come together. Form a disk, wrap with plastic wrap and chill 45-60 minutes.
When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 325 F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Roll out the dough 1/3 inch thick.
Sprinkle remaining cranberries and pistachio on top and gently tap with your palms or gently roll with a rolling pin just to form a flat surface. You can skip this step and add all of the cranberries and pistachios in the dough, but this way the cookies will look prettier.
Next, using Christmas tree shaped cookie cutter, cut out the cookies. If the edges look crumbly because of the cranberries and pistachios shape it gently with your fingers.
Arrange the cookies onto baking sheet leaving at least 1-inch space between.
Bake at 325 F until the edges are lightly golden brown (18-20 minutes). They may be crumbly right after baking, but they will become firmer after cooling.

8 comments

Nick November 19, 2018 - 3:25 am

Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe! Now I have to find someone to make these amazing cookies. 🙂

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Viviana Delgado December 4, 2018 - 4:00 am

I tried and didn’t result well, the doughnut was too dry, impossible to roll, i should work it a lot and even then use cutters was not an option with the pistachios and the cranberries… I will not do them again.

Bobbi December 11, 2018 - 1:14 am

This recipe didn’t work for me at all. It was way to dry. It needs more butter to hold it together. I really wanted these as I thought not only were they pretty but they were a different combination of ingredients. Not all was lost….I rolled the dough into balls, rolled in sugar then after placed on cookie sheet I smashed them with the bottom of a glass. I baked at 325 for 15 minutes. As soon as I removed them from oven I placed a few semi sweet chips on them. Once melted I spread the chocolate and sprinkled with the remaining nuts and a few cranberry pieces. Last I sprinkled with a little sanding sugar. I put in fridge for 10 minutes for chocolate to set. They are still a bit crumbly.

Mandy e March 31, 2019 - 3:06 pm

Wow, this was so dry it’s ridiculous. Everything just fell apart and was a huge mess. I should have read other comments first.

Melissa November 18, 2019 - 11:09 pm

Looks like they forgot to add an egg to the ingredients.

Brenda December 13, 2020 - 4:45 pm

Try using less flour, I used 2 cups, prob a cup and 3/4 would even be better, I’m with you this recipe is way too dry

Kit June 22, 2021 - 12:02 am

These have been a big hit for 2 Christmases now. Both pretty and tasty!

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