Saint Patrick's Pistachio Cookies recipe
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Ingredients
- ½ ripe avocado ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened ½ cup applesauce (such as Mott's®) ½ cup white sugar ¼ cup skim milk 1 large egg 2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant pistachio pudding mix (such as Jell-O®) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ⅔ cup pistachio nuts 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
Nutrition Info
- 92.9 caloriescarbohydrate: 14.7 gcholesterol: 8.8 mgfat: 3.1 gfiber: 0.7 gprotein: 1.6 gsaturatedFat: 1.1 gservingSize: -sodium: 138.8 mgsugar: 7.4 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Saint Patrick's Pistachio Cookies
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Puree avocado in the bowl of a food processor. Add butter and blend until creamy. Add applesauce, sugar, and milk, pulse to combine. Add egg, pulse until smooth. Add pudding mix, vanilla extract, baking powder, and salt, pulse until dough is smooth and pastel green.
Place pistachio nuts in a resealable freezer bag and crush with a meat mallet. Add crushed pistachio nuts and flour to dough, pulse to combine.
Drop tablespoons of dough 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets, flatten gently.
Bake in the preheated oven until bottoms are beginning to brown, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on baking sheets, 5 to 10 minutes.