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I love Alice Medrich’s recipes. She has a real passion for chocolate, and you can tell her love of the ingredient by the many ways she finds to use chocolate, and her deftness at emphasizing the flavor of the chocolate in her recipes. Any woman that dedicated to chocolate scores high in my book! This particular recipe is adapted from Bittersweet. Pistachios are my favorite nut, and their subtly sweet flavor comes through nicely in this cookie. The cocoa nibs add another dimension of nuttiness to the cookie, and a faint perfume of the essence of chocolate. All in all, this is a delicately flavored cookie that tastes, as my friend Suyin put it, very expensive. Pistachio and Cocoa Nib Cookies 1/2 lb. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 1. In a stand mixer (or by hand), cream together the butter, sugar, salt, bourbon, and vanilla extract until smooth, but not fluffy. Stir in the pistachios and cocoa nibs. Turn off the mixer and add all the flour at once, then mix on low just until flour is fully incorporated. 2. Form the dough into 2 logs, about 2 inches in diameter. Wrap with plastic wrap or parchment paper, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or overnight, until very firm. 3. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350°F. Using a very thin, sharp knife, slice each log into 1/4-inch slices. Place the cookies about an inch apart on baking sheets, and bake for about 12 to 14 minutes until just light brown on the edges. After removing from the oven, let the cookies cool on the sheets for a minute or two, then gently move them onto a rack. Once they have cooled completely, store in an airtight container. These cookies taste best if they’re given a little time (about 24 hours or so) for the cocoa nibs flavor to permeate the entire cookie after baking, so plan ahead. Also, the dough logs can be frozen for up to 3 months, so you could have cookies at a moment’s notice! This post is infraredherring.com’s entry into Sugar High Friday #29, generously hosted by Chocolate in Context.
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These cookies look simply yummy, I love pistachios and I so want to get those cocoa nibs, I bet these are greaet!