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April 28, 2013

Salted Pistachio Pudding Cookies

Salted Pistachio Pudding Cookies-the perfect cookie for pistachio lovers!

Salted Pistachio Pudding Cookies-the perfect cookie for pistachio lovers!

Pistachios have to be my all time favorite nut.

As a kid, they were always a treat. Usually we had them at my grandparents during the holidays. Back then, they were dyed red and when you opened them the dye would transfer to your fingertips. It took a lot of scrubbing to remove all the evidence of overindulgence but they were just so good. And salted just right every time.

These days I don’t even think you can find the red ones. It’s Natural all the way. I’m fine with that, the color was pretty, but as an adult, red fingertips are not cool.

Salted Pistachio Pudding Cookies-the perfect cookie for pistachio lovers!

Pistachios are my special snack. The snack I hide from the kids and hubby.  Way too expensive to be eaten recklessly like a potato chip. And don’t even think they’re the same as a peanut. No Pistachios are the nut that puts all other snacks to shame. A class above.

I’m not sure how it happened. I ended up with a bag of UNSALTED pistachios. I can not even begin to tell you how devastating it is to anticipate that first nut, cracking it away from it’s shell, then popping it in your mouth, expecting that perfectly salted pistachio flavor. Then blah. Boring. No salt.

I try not to snack a lot. So when I do snack, I want to enjoy it. I won’t settle for just ok. Even my son, who hovers waiting for me to open these nuts, my son who eats anything and everything, walked away from these nuts.

Salted Pistachio Pudding Cookies-the perfect cookie for pistachio lovers!

So what to do with them? Make Cookies of course! In a cookie, these nuts ruled. Their lack of salt went undetected. Everyone loved these cookies and compared them to eating Pistachio Ice Cream, in cookie form.

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Salted Pistachio Pudding Cookies

Salted Pistachio Pudding Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 box Instant Pistachio Pudding mix
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 cup shelled pistachios
  • 1-2 teaspoons coarse salt

Instructions

  1. Cream butter and sugars in large mixing bowl.
  2. Beat in eggs and extract.
  3. Combine flour, baking soda and pudding mix then add to butter mixture. Mix until all combined. Fold in pistachios.
  4. Spoon cookie dough (I use a medium cookie scoop) onto ungreased cookie tray. lightly sprinkle tops of cookies with salt.
  5. Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 10-12 minutes. Let cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before removing to racks to cool completely.

Notes

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Comments

  1. deb in Georgia says

    April 28, 2013 at 9:19 pm

    Cooking time says 10-10 minutes. What should it be please?

    • Joan Hayes says

      April 28, 2013 at 11:00 pm

      Deb, thanks for catching that, it should be 1-12 minutes.

  2. The Café Sucre Farine says

    April 28, 2013 at 9:24 pm

    My husband would go crazy over these! They look and sound wonderful!

  3. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says

    April 28, 2013 at 10:53 pm

    I’ve only had pistachios a few times, but I’ve never had anything made with them. I must try these Joan!

  4. Rachel @ Bakerita says

    April 28, 2013 at 11:54 pm

    These sound so amazing!! Yummy. Such a unique cookie that definitely needs a spot on my to-make list 🙂

    • Joan Hayes says

      April 29, 2013 at 6:53 am

      Thanks Rachel!

  5. Emily @ The Em Dash says

    April 29, 2013 at 12:36 am

    Pistachio pudding is my favorite. Can’t wait to try these!

  6. Medeja says

    April 29, 2013 at 4:22 am

    I also love pistachios! They have really unique flavor!

  7. tanya says

    April 29, 2013 at 7:45 am

    I’ve made that mistake before and bought the unsalted pistachios, yuk! I baked with them too! Pistachios are my favorite nut too!!! Love them! Love these cookies Joan!

  8. carrian says

    April 29, 2013 at 5:46 pm

    Love pistachios!

  9. Jeni says

    April 30, 2013 at 2:19 pm

    I am crazy for pistachio ice cream so I am sure that I would love these cookies!

  10. Suzanne says

    April 30, 2013 at 3:10 pm

    I love cookies made with pudding mix in them they are so good!

  11. Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts says

    May 1, 2013 at 2:37 pm

    These would be a huge hit at my house – my whole family LOVES pistachios!

  12. nancy pfeifer says

    May 1, 2013 at 11:55 pm

    I will make these for my next bunco night!! they look delish! I hope you stop by to link- https://atozebracelebrations.com/2013/04/tuesday-link-party-5.html
    Nancy

  13. Lisa {AuthenticSuburbanGourmet} says

    May 2, 2013 at 12:26 pm

    What an interesting cookie! Love it. I bet it is super moist and tasty!!! Pinning to make later. 🙂

  14. Lora @cakeduchess says

    May 2, 2013 at 12:44 pm

    oh, yes. Salted pistachio pudding cookie? Looks so good, Joan!

  15. Cathy says

    May 4, 2013 at 12:46 am

    Yum!

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    Cathy

  16. Lindsay says

    May 7, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    How many does the recipe make?

    • Joan Hayes says

      May 7, 2013 at 10:45 pm

      This recipe will make about 4 dozen cookies.

  17. Erin @ Texanerin Baking says

    May 12, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    These look like they have a great texture! And I’ve never tried pistachio anything. I don’t like nuts and just assumed I wouldn’t like them. I guess I need to give them a shot!

  18. Sandie says

    May 19, 2013 at 8:11 pm

    What size pudding? I take it the pistachios should be salted? Thanx.

    • Joan Hayes says

      May 19, 2013 at 9:12 pm

      Hi Sandy, The pudding size I used is the 3.4 ounce (4 serving size) as for the nuts, you can used salted or unsalted, your choice.

  19. Melissa says

    July 28, 2013 at 1:45 am

    Supposedly the red pistachios are not around anymore because we have cut ties with the countries that produced them. I guess the harvesting methods left blemishes on the shells and the red food coloring covered that up. The new places we get them from don’t harvest them the same way and there are no blemishes. Personally I wish they were greener so the stuff I use them for looks fancy.

    • Joan Hayes says

      July 28, 2013 at 10:50 am

      Melissa, thanks for that information, I never knew. Greeener nuts would be pretty, especially around the holidays!

  20. Alayna says

    October 24, 2013 at 10:20 pm

    If my pistachios are salted do I need to add the salt to the tops of the cookies? Will that make it to salty? Thanks and can’t wait to make these tomorrow!

    • Joan Hayes says

      October 25, 2013 at 8:29 pm

      Alayna, if your pistachios are already salted, I’d omit the extra salt on top. Enjoy!

  21. Kathy Hayes says

    November 19, 2013 at 2:06 am

    These sound amazing, I love pistachios. I always try to make a few new cookies every year, this one I will for sure be making. In fact I think I’ll make them for Bunko night I know the ladies will love them. I was going to ask about many it made but seen some one already did, I’m thinking of even doubling it, because knowing my family they will be gobbling them up. Thanks Joan for sharing. And I’m thinking they must really be good seeing that the recipes comes from a fellow Hayes. LOL

  22. Kelly says

    December 4, 2013 at 1:27 pm

    Do you know how many dozen this recipe yields? Thanks!

    • Joan Hayes says

      December 4, 2013 at 11:02 pm

      This recipe will make 3 dozen cookies, enjoy!

  23. Rhiannon says

    March 23, 2014 at 7:05 pm

    I have these in the oven as I type:) I should of figured on the sticky dough, they won’t be beautiful but delicious! Do you have a method for squishing down the sticky dough?
    Thank you:)

    • Joan Hayes says

      March 25, 2014 at 8:14 am

      When I’m dealing with sticky cookie dough, I’ll use the bottom of a shot glass, lightly floured to press down the dough.

  24. Helen Calvi says

    November 25, 2014 at 9:03 am

    Please can you tell me for the Salted Pistachio pudding recipe said spoon full, is it a teaspoon or tablespoon and would the cooking time be different. Thank You

    • Joan Hayes says

      November 25, 2014 at 10:50 pm

      It’s a rounded teaspoon.

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