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.
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