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• Ingredients
• 1/2 cup (8 oz.) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1-1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup lightly salted, shelled, roasted pistachio nuts

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper, a silpat, non-stick spray, or whatever you use to keep stuff from sticking.

In a mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Mix in egg and vanilla. By hand, stir in flour, baking soda, and salt until just mixed. Stir in chips, cranberries, and pistachios until well distributed. The batter will be quite stiff. Drop heaping teaspoons of batter onto the baking sheets. Bake at 375 degrees F for 8-10 minutes. When the cookies are set and light brown, remove from oven. Let them sit for a few minutes before removing to a cooling rack. Makes 3 dozen.

NOTES: The recipe originated for me at daringgourmet.com. If using a full-salt roasted pistachio, omit the salt in the batter. If using a no-salt pistachio, add another 1/4 tsp. salt into the batter. I gave up shaping these with the teaspoons, the dough was too stiff, so instead I rolled these into balls by hand and that worked. In one of the batches I pressed the balls down a little and that also worked and took less time to bake. Either way was fine. I was trying to achieve a cookie that would show the green of the pistachios, but I think my nuts were simply too brown to begin with. No matter. These are tasty and easy to make.