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Pistachio Cranberry Icebox Cookies

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Pistachio Cranberry Icebox Cookies

Pistachio Cranberry Icebox Cookies

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Equipment

  • - Stand Mixer: A powerful and versatile kitchen appliance perfect for mixing cookie dough with precision and ease, ensuring a smooth batter consistency.

  • - Measuring Cups and Spoons: Essential baking tools for accurately measuring ingredients, critical for the precise ratios required in cookies recipes.

  • - Digital Food Scale: Enables bakers to measure ingredients with precision for consistent results in cookies and other delicate recipes.

  • - Silicone Baking Mat: A reusable, non-stick surface perfect for rolling out cookie dough and ensuring even baking.

  • - Rolling Pin: Useful for flattening cookie dough to a consistent thickness before cutting, enhancing baking uniformity.

  • - Cookie Cutter Set: Offers an array of shapes for cookie dough, perfect for adding a decorative touch to your homemade cookies.

  • - Parchment Paper Sheets: Essential for baking cookies on, preventing sticking and ensuring easy removal from the baking sheet.

  • - Icebox Cookie Sheet: A heavy, nonstick baking pan specifically designed for making icebox cookies with a crispy bottom.

  • - Oven Thermometer: Ensures your oven is at the correct temperature, crucial for baking cookies to perfection.

  • - Cooling Rack: Provides a surface for cooling cookies evenly, preventing them from becoming soggy and maintaining their texture.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

  • 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened

  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

  • 1/2 teaspoon finely grated fresh orange zest

  • 1/2 cup shelled pistachios (2 1/4 oz; not dyed red)

  • 1/3 cup dried cranberries (1 1/4 oz)

  • 1 large egg, lightly beaten

  • 1/4 cup decorative sugar (preferably coarse)

  • parchment paper

Instructions

1

Instruction 1

Stir together flour, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl.
2

Instruction 2

Beat together butter, granulated sugar, and zest in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture in 3 batches, mixing until dough just comes together in clumps, then mix in pistachios and cranberries. Gather and press dough together, then divide into 2 equal pieces. Using a sheet of plastic wrap or wax paper as an aid, form each piece of dough into a log about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Square off long sides of each log to form a bar, then chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until very firm, at least 2 hours.
3

Instruction 3

Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
4

Instruction 4

Brush egg over all 4 long sides of bars (but not ends). Sprinkle decorative sugar on a separate sheet of parchment or wax paper and press bars into sugar, coating well.
5

Instruction 5

Cut each bar crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices, rotating bar after cutting each slice to help keep square shape. (If dough gets too soft to slice, freeze bars briefly until firm.) Arrange cookies about 1/2 inch apart on lined baking sheets.
6

Instruction 6

Bake cookies, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until edges are pale golden, 15 to 18 minutes total. Transfer cookies from parchment to racks using a slotted spatula and cool completely.
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