apricot pistachio cookies

I have a similar love for pistachios that I have for apricots. When the two of them get together on something, I am bound to be interested.

Originally, I made apricot pistachio cookies with an oatmeal dough. The fruit, nuts, and oats made them more of a granola bar than a cookie, and I liked that quite a bit. There is a special category for cookies that are suitable for a hike, but today these cookies had a tea time face-lift.

Fluffy golden bites reminiscent of buttery shortbread jazzed with tangy apricots and creamy pistachios have walked their way into my cookie loving heart.

Cookies are brilliant. They make friends easily and are suitable for nearly any guest. The word cookie makes some weak in the knees. If you are in this category, thank your Dutch and English friends. Cookies made their trek to our shores in the pockets of these fine folks as early as the 1600s. For obviously good reasons, they withstood the test of time.

To some folks, cookies have become ho-hum, common, or even boring. Well, if that is how you feel, these will refresh your pallet. If you need something different, place an apricot pistachio cookie on the table and the oohs and aahs will be completely new.

On the new subject, today is our national Earth Day. Do you have a new (or old) way of living simply and reusing resources on your plate? I would love to hear about it.

Apricot Pistachio Cookies makes 22

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon honey
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup shelled pistachios, chopped
1 cup dried apricots, chopped into small pieces

1. Heat oven to 375. Cream butter with sugar and honey
2. Beat in egg, vanilla, and salt
3. Mix in flour, baking soda, and ginger
4. Fold in apricots and pistachios
5. Drop golf-ball sized dough portions onto parchment or silpat lined baking sheet and bake for 11 minutes. enjoy!

Comments

[Emily]

These sound delicious! Seeing as though I actually have apricots on hand, I think I'll give them a shot!!! Love you.

[L*Joy]

emily- you will be swooned.
L*Joy

[Emily]

Well I do so love to be swooned...