Pistachio Cookes

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup crisco shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 7 cups flour (you may need more)
• 1 cup milk
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) box instant pistachio pudding mix
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup chopped nuts, of choice (i use all pistachios, but some will use walnuts and pistachios)
• 10 drops green food coloring
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons milk (may need a little more or less depending on consistency of glaze)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or 1 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 cream crisco, sugar and eggs together.
• 3 add remaining cake ingredients except the nuts to form a soft dough.
• 4 sprinkle in nuts and knead them into the dough.
• 5 pinch off chunks of dough and roll into ping pong size balls, placing them on a non stick cookie tray.
• 6 bake 12-15 minutes.
• 7 allow to cool completely before adding the glaze.
• 8 mix glaze ingredients together in a large bowl and spoon over each baked cookie. allow to set 45 minutes.