| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 55 min |
| Prep: | 15 min |
| Inactive: | 20 min |
| Cook: | 20 min |
| Yield: | About 14 large cookies |
Ingredients
- 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon table salt
- 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) salted butter, melted
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg plus 1 large egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped pistachios
- 1/2 cup dried cherries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until combined. Add in the whole egg, egg yolk and almond and vanilla extracts. Mix until incorporated.
- Slowly fold the flour mixture into the sugar-egg mixture with a rubber spatula until even. Fold in the chocolate chips, pistachios and cherries.
- Divide the batter into about 1/4 cup balls and space about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes. Rotate the sheets 180 degrees, switch racks and then bake until slightly golden brown, an additional 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool, and eat on Christmas morning with a hot cup of coffee and amongst piles of wrapping paper and elated pajama’d kids.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 14 servings |
| Calories | 362 |
| Total Fat | 18 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Carbohydrates | 47 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 29 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Cholesterol | 53 mg |
| Sodium | 144 mg |
Reviews
They are so good. The kids and adults loved them. Will be a standard for my Christmas cookies.
My last batch just came out of the oven and my home smells amazing! They look like Christmas and I can’t wait to share!
Colleagues request that I make these every year. They’re so good.
They were so easy and tasty! My little one ate all the chocolate chips first but seemed to have liked the cookie part because he ate the rest of it.
Love these cookies and so does everyone I give them to!
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I made these for the first time today and they are delicious!! I was looking for a new recipe this Christmas and this pulled on the heartstrings. Spumoni ice cream was a favorite of mine as a child. My great grandpa would always give my siblings and I a big scoop of it, no matter what time of day it was when we stopped by for a visit.
So easy and delicious!
Quite possibly the BEST cookie I’ve ever made!
Made these for a party and they were gone!! Truly tastes like the ice cream
Great recipe. Was a hit among all my family and friends. I have done it with both dried cranberries and cherries, and it has turned out great both times. Make sure to slowly incorporate where it says to, that’s the key to getting the best cookies. I make it every Christmas.