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You won’t believe what I ended up doing yesterday. After my gripes about how I don’t want Fall/Winter yet and how I want summer to last longer…I went shopping with my girlfriends and I ended up buying a winter coat. Not just a light Fall coat but a full-on, puffy winter coat that looks like the Michelin man and it is the warmest thing ever. I’m such a hypocrite. It’s so hard to not buy Fall/Winter stuff when they’re everywhere in stores and when they’re so dastardly cute! And while we’re on the topic of Fall/Winter attire, let me just say: SCARVES. That is all. *squeals*
Maybe I really do have a love/hate relationship with Fall/Winter.
I absolutely adore coffee grounds in cookies. There’s just something about that coffee flavor and scent that makes me want to devour the entire batch! I had a bag of pistachios leftover from my Diamond Nuts culinary ambassadorship and instead of just eating them by the handful (even though I could totally do that cause hello, shelled pistachios are the BEST – no labor! haha), I decided to bake them in cookies. Best life decision ever. Soft cookies with coffee grounds and pistachios are my kind of heaven!
Chocolate Chunk Pistachio Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups (341 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups (330 g) dark brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour
- 2 cups (250 g) bread flour, you may use AP flour instead if you don’t have it on hand
- 4 teaspoon cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ tablespoon heaping coffee grounds, fine or coarse
- 1 ½ cups (123 g) shelled pistachios, roughly chopped
- 1 ¼ cup dark chocolate chunks, or take a large chocolate bar and roughly chop the chocolate
- Maldon sea salt flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F (177 °C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars for 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Then add in the eggs and vanilla extract and beat for 2 more minutes.
- In a large bowl, add flours, cornstarch, baking soda, salt, and coffee grounds. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
- Slowly add in the flour mixture to the stand mixer with the wet ingredients and and mix until all combined and well-incorporated.
- Using a spatula, fold in the chopped pistachios and chocolate chunks.
- Using a large cookie scoop (roughly 1 1/2 tablespoon), scoop dough onto baking sheet and set the dough about 2 inches apart. Sprinkle sea salt on top. Bake for 11-13 minutes. They will look super soft but they continue cooking after you remove them from the oven.
- Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before you move them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container.
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Ha, I bought a winter coat a couple of weeks and I felt totally ridiculous but there was also a tiny part of me that was excited about getting to wear it soon (and, obviously, scarves). These cookies sound ace – I love that combo of buttery pistachios and bitter coffee.
These look amazing! Not sure how they are mocha though, is there chocolate in the recipe?
No, there isn’t, but I just associate coffee/mocha together and I liked how it sounded. You can definitely add chocolate chips in though :) that’d be delish!
Love mocha cookies! The addition of pistachios is perfect!
you are going to love london even more, then. it’s already fall here! :)
These cookies look great! I would like few with coffee. Pistachios and coffee sounds like a nice combination.
I am tempted to make a batch of these right now!
Oh yum! These sound amazing. I’ve never put coffee ground into my cookies before. I usually use instant coffee. I will have to give these a go. And you’re not alone on fall/winter shopping. I went out grocery shopping yesterday and came back with a can of pumpkin and am currently making chili :) I’m ready for fall to begin.
haha! It was 90 in Seattle yesterday and I sat inside and on-line shopped for fall clothes :) these cookies look awesome!
Oh I’m down with scarfs. That was the best part about living in SF. Always scarf weather there – even in the summer! These cookies look incredible! Love coffee in my cookies! Pinned!
Scarves and boots are my jam. I also bought a leather moto jacket for the fall and I cannot WAIT to wear it! These cookies look incredible!!
Where’d you find the leather moto jacket?! I’ve been looking for a cute leather jacket for a while!!