The Lovell Table

I love adding pistachios to bakes or dishes. They add a unique salty flavor that combines with many ingredients very well. In these cookies the pistachio orange combination is absolutely phenomenal. You have to make them!

Makes 48.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of butter
• Zest of 1 orange
• 1 1/2 cups of cane sugar
• 1 egg
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 cup ground lightly salted pistachios plus more for topping
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 3 tablespoons coconut oil
• Juice from 1/2 orange

Method

1. Make the cookie dough-
   • In a bowl pinch the orange zest into the sugar until combined
   • In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat together the butter and sugar until combined
   • Add the egg and almond extract and mix until combined
   • In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, 1/2 cup ground pistachios, and baking soda
   • Slowly add the flour mixture into the stand mixer and mix until dough forms
   • Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 45 minutes or up to overnight
2. Bake-
   • Heat oven to 350
   • Roll the cookie dough out in batches
   • Use your choice of cookie cutter to cut out the cookies
   • Bake on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper for 11 minutes or until the edges start to brown
   • Let cool on a wire rack
3. Finish-
   • In a bowl mix the coconut oil with the chocolate chips
   • Microwave in 30 second intervals and mix until it becomes a drizzle consistency
   • Mix in the orange juice
   • Drizzle chocolate over the cookies or dip the cookies in the chocolate
   • Top cookies with more ground pistachios if desired