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chocolate chip pistachio cookie with a puddle of chocolate on top with chopped pistachios and flakey sea salt
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Chocolate Chip Pistachio Cookies

Salted chocolate chip pistachio cookies have puddles of dark chocolate throughout the soft and crispy cookie base. They're loaded with rich and nutty pistachios and a surprise ingredient that takes the flavor of these cookies to another universe!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time13 minutes
Total Time23 minutes
Servings: 36 cookies
Author: Julie Chiou

Equipment

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
  • 2 cups (246 g) shelled pistachios roughly chopped and divided
  • 2 cups (340 g) dark chocolate chunks or take 2 large chocolate bars and roughly chop the chocolate, divided
  • 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.
    1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar, 1/2 cup granulated sugar
    butter and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer
  • Add in the eggs and vanilla extract and beat for 2 more minutes.
    2 eggs, 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
    two eggs and vanilla extract added to creamed butter and brown sugar in a stand mixer bowl
  • In a large bowl, add flours, cornstarch, baking soda, salt, and coffee grounds. Whisk to combine.
    2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 cups bread flour, 4 teaspoon cornstarch, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 1/2 tablespoon heaping coffee grounds
    dry ingredients are whisked in a white bowl with a metal whisk
  • Slowly add in the flour mixture to the stand mixer with the wet ingredients and and mix until all combined and well-incorporated.
    flour is added to butter and sugar mixture in a white stand mixer bowl
  • Using a spatula, fold in the 1 ½ cups chopped pistachios and 1 ½ cups chocolate chunks.
    1 ½ cups shelled pistachios, 1 ½ cups dark chocolate chunks
    chopped chocolate chunks and pistachios added to cookie batter in a white stand mixer bowl
  • Using a large cookie scoop (roughly 1 1/2 tablespoons), scoop dough onto baking sheet and set the dough about 2 inches apart. Press remaining chocolate chunks and pistachios on top of cookies. Finally, 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.
    ½ cups shelled pistachios, Maldon sea salt flakes, ½ cups dark chocolate chunks
    6 cookie dough balls on a parchment lined baking sheet
  • Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before you move them to a wire rack to cool completely.
    baked chocolate chip pistachio cookies on a gold wire cooling rack

Nutrition

Serving: 1 cookie | Calories: 232 kcal | Carbohydrates: 27 g | Protein: 3 g | Fat: 12 g | Saturated Fat: 7 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g | Trans Fat: 0.3 g | Cholesterol: 29 mg | Sodium: 140 mg | Potassium: 125 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 14 g

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