White chocolate and pistachio cookies

Of all the things I have made, these are at the top of the list of treats that have elicited almost-violent adoration. In the course of people telling me how much they enjoyed them, there were a lot of rapturous eye-rolling, feet-stomping, and stories of mother-versus-daughter-fighting over these cookies.

Maybe it's the pistachios. They're a pretty green-purple color. They have a distinctive taste. And they work REALLY well in a sweet-salty combo situation like this one.



I found this fabulous recipe on the blog Honest Fare. They looked addictive, and oh boy, they are that and beyond.

The only thing I did differently than the original recipe was to accidentally pour a little too many white chocolate chips into the bowl, and then try to compensate by sprinkling a bit of large-grain kosher salt on the top of each cookie. Maybe that's what made the cookie: a burst of salt and crunch on the first bite, and then the creamy sweet finish with the chewy center.


In any case, these were the first cookies to disappear when I took them in to work with a whole bunch of other X-mas cookies. Thank goodness I still have a mini-stash of them in my freezer!