Pistachio Cookies
 
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Serves: 50 cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
  • 1 cup Crisco shortening
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. almond extract
  • 7 cups flour (you may need more)
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 box instant pistachio pudding mix
  • 5 tsps. baking powder
  • 1 cup chopped nuts of choice (I used ½ cup each walnuts and pistachios)
  • 10 drops green food coloring
Icing Glaze
  • 2½ cups powdered sugar
  • 3 Tbsps. butter, melted
  • 3 Tbsps. milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla or almond extract
Instructions
Cookies
  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.
Glaze
  1. Mix glaze ingredients together in a large bowl and spoon over each baked cookie. Allow to set 45 minutes.
Recipe by The Spice Kit Recipes at https://www.thespicekitrecipes.com/pistachio-cookies/