Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 cup butter ((2 sticks, softened and cut into pats))
  • 8 ounce package cream cheese
  • .75 cups white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1.5 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2.25 cups flour ((all purpose white flour))
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • .50 teaspoon salt
  • 3.4 ounce package pistachio pudding mix ((regular, but if you can't find regular, it's okay to use instant))
  • 1/2 cup chopped pistachios
  • .50 cup chocolate chips

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar in a mixer until combined
  • Add egg and vanilla and beat until mixed
  • Add flour, baking powder, pistachio pudding mix and salt and mix until combined
  • Stir in pistachios - the batter will be hard to stir
  • Use a medium cookie scoop and place balls on cookie sheets
  • Bake in middle of oven for 15 min, check after 12 - as we all have different ovens. They should be a little soft to the touch and slightly browned on the edges.  Let them rest on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack
  • Optional:  If dipping some of the cookies in chocolate, melt chocolate in microwave for 30 second intervals, stirring after each 30 seconds.  My chocolate took 1 minute 30 seconds to melt
  • Eat
  • Smile
  • Enjoy