Pom Pistachio Thumbprints Food

PISTACHIO THUMBPRINTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. Combine flour and dry pudding mix; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips., Shape into 1-in. balls; roll in nuts. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets; make a thumbprint in center of cookie. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool. , For filling, beat the butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Spoon into center of cooled cookies. , For glaze, if desired, melt chocolate chips and shortening; drizzle over cookies. Let stand until set.

PISTACHIO THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla until pale and fluffy.
• Add flour and salt and mix until combined.
• Form into ball, wrap in plastic wrap and chill in fridge 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Divide dough into 24 pieces and roll between palms to make small, round balls.
• Whisk egg white lightly until foamy.
• Dip balls in egg white, roll in pistachios and place on baking sheet.
• Make indentation in centre of each cookie with your thumb.
• Bake 5 minutes.
• Remove from oven and re-indent centre.
• Return to oven and bake another 8 minutes until just slightly browned.
• Remove from oven and while still warm, add 1/2 teaspoon jam to centre of each cookie.
• Cool on wire rack.
• Note: 1 1/2 cup in-shell pistachios equals 3/4 cup shelled.

PISTACHIO THUMBPRINT (KINDA SORTA) COOKIES

Steps:

• Place the pistachios in the bowl of a food processor and grind until finely ground, stopping before it turns into butter. Set aside.
• Combine butter and sugar in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add almond extract and mix in well. Add 3 tablespoons ground pistachios, flour, and salt; mix until the dough comes together.
• Place dough on a piece of plastic wrap that has been sprinkled with flour. Wrap up and place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine egg and water in a bowl and beat with a fork. Place remaining ground pistachios in a separate bowl. Shape the dough into 12 equal balls. Roll in the beaten egg and then in the ground pistachios. Set balls 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Make an indentation in the middle of each ball with your thumb or the handle of a wooden spoon. Place 5 to 6 baking chips in each indentation.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet before removing.

PISTACHIO THUMBPRINTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Place pistachios in a small bowl. Unwrap dough and slice crosswise into 18 pieces and roll each between the palms of your hands into smooth balls. Press gently into pistachios to coat half of each ball, then place, pistachio side up, on a parchment-lined baking sheet, spacing about 2" apart.
• Bake cookies until barely golden, 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and press the handle of a wooden spoon about three-quarters of the way down into the center of each cookie to make a round indentation, and wiggle in a circular motion to widen. Return to oven; bake until golden brown, 5-8 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet.
• Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat pistachio paste and butter in a small bowl until light and fluffy, about 30 seconds. Dollop 1-2 tsp. pistachio mixture into the indentation in each cookie.
• Do Ahead
• Cookies can be baked (but not filled) 3 days ahead; store airtight at room temperature. Cookies can be filled 1 day ahead.

PISTACHIO THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar on high speed until smooth, about 4 minutes.
• Add egg and extracts; mix well.
• In another bowl, combine flour and pudding and add to the butter mixture.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Shape into 1-inch balls; roll in nuts.
• Place 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets.
• Make a thumbprint in center of each cookie and bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown on the bottom.
• Position a wire rack inside a large baking pan or over sheets of wax paper.
• Remove cookies from oven, place on wire rack to cool.
• To prepare filling, in a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat together butter and confectioners' sugar on high speed until smooth, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in vanilla and milk; mix until combined and smooth.
• Spoon into center of cooled cookies.
• Leave cookies on rack to glaze.
• To prepare glaze, in microwave oven or over very low heat, melt chocolate and shortening.
• Stir until smooth, taking care not to scorch the chocolate.
• Bunch cooled cookies together on cooling rack and drizzle chocolate over them in a very thin stream, crossing back and forth over cookies to form chocolate lace.
• For simple drizzling, hold a small spoonful of chocolate about 6 inches above the rack; release a thin stream of chocolate as you move the spoon back and forth quickly over the cookies.

CHRISTMAS CHOCOLATE PISTACHIO THUMBPRINTS

Steps:

• Beat powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, almond extract, pudding mix and egg.
• Add flour and chocolate chips. Mix well.
• Shape into 1-inch balls. Roll in nuts. With thumb, make imprint in center.
• Bake at 350 degrees, 10 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Cool completely.
• Combine all filling ingredients. Melt butter and mix into powdered sugar. Add milk and food coloring to make a thick red filling.
• Spoon scant teaspoon in the center of each cookie.
• Melt chocolate chips and shortening. Drizzle over cookies.
• Let set until icing is hard.