Lemon Basil Cookies With Pistachios
photo by lylfaceem
- Ready In:
- 1hr 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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36
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon lemon rind, grated
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1⁄3 cup fresh lemon basil or 1/3 cup fresh basil, minced
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 cup pistachios, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
directions
- Beat butter on medium using an electric mixer untilfluffy; add 3/4 cup sugar,beat well.
- Add egg, lemon rind, lemon juice, and minced basil, beat until blended.
- Mix together flour, baking soda, and salt; gradually add to the butter mixture, beating until blended.
- Cover and chill 1 hour.
- Mix together nuts and the 3 Tbsp sugar.
- Roll dough into small balls (about 1" diameter), then roll each ball into the nut sugar mixture.
- Place onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Flatten each cookie using the bottom of a glass (if dough sticks to glass, dip it into some extra sugar first).
- Bake in a preheated 350 F oven for about 10-12 minutes or until light golden brown.
- Allow to cool on wire racks.
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Reviews
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OMG; I loved these! I had a bumper crop of lemon basil, in my Aerogarden, and was looking for a way to use it, when I found your recipe. These cookies are so light and lemony, with the texture of a sand tart. I had quite a bit of the pistachio sugar left, so I froze it, for the next time I make these; and, believe me, there will be many "next times!" Thanks!
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These are delicious! I LOVE fresh basil and have tons of it in my garden and I LOVE lemon. I took liberties with a couple things. I took fresh Genovese basil and roughly chopped it and added it to the food processor with the sugar and processed them together til the sugar was totally infused with the basil. Then I creamed it into the butter. I also used hazelnuts instead of pistachios (didn't have the latter on hand). I ground them up with the 3 tablespoons of sugar and a little more than 1/4 tsp. of pure lemon oil in the food processor to a fine powder and rolled the cookies in it before baking. I used a 1" small cookie scoop for uniformity and they baked up in exactly ten minutes. The result was delicious! This is a keeper! Thanks for sharing. ADDED NOTE: With the 1" cookie scoop, this recipe made 48 cookies.
Tweaks
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These are delicious! I LOVE fresh basil and have tons of it in my garden and I LOVE lemon. I took liberties with a couple things. I took fresh Genovese basil and roughly chopped it and added it to the food processor with the sugar and processed them together til the sugar was totally infused with the basil. Then I creamed it into the butter. I also used hazelnuts instead of pistachios (didn't have the latter on hand). I ground them up with the 3 tablespoons of sugar and a little more than 1/4 tsp. of pure lemon oil in the food processor to a fine powder and rolled the cookies in it before baking. I used a 1" small cookie scoop for uniformity and they baked up in exactly ten minutes. The result was delicious! This is a keeper! Thanks for sharing. ADDED NOTE: With the 1" cookie scoop, this recipe made 48 cookies.