Pistachio Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies

What to do during spring break? Make yummy food of course.  Today started with this recipe for cookies.  I found a shortbread pistachio recipe that I contemplated to make for St. Patty's Day but found another recipe today that included chocolate.  Original recipe is from a blog called Baking Banquet.

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, room temperature

1 cup brown sugar

3 tbs white sugar

2 (3.4ounce) packages instant Pistachio Pudding mix

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 or 2 drops green food coloring (optional, I did not use this)

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup chopped pecans (You can use any nut you want, pecans just happened to be in the pantry.)

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
2. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl and set aside. 
3. Cream together butter and sugars. 
4. Beat in pudding mix until blended.

   

   Pistachio pudding being added to the creamed butter and sugar.  Love the color!

5. Add the eggs, vanilla and food coloring (optional). Mix well. 
6. Add the flour mixture and mix to combine. 
7. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips.

   

   Ready to scoop!

8. Place golf ball sized dough balls on a cookie sheet.

   

   Ready for the oven.

9. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
10. Let cookies cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheet before moving to a cooking rack.

Aren't they pretty?

Close up!

These turned out really well.  I will definitely make them again!