Red and green meet in Pistachio Cherry Refrigerator Cookies in these festive slice-and-bake cookies -- one type of refrigerator cookies made from dough, shaped into cylinders, chilled, and then cut into cookies for baking.
They're such a timesaver! You can keep the rolled dough in the fridge for several days until you're ready to slice and bake the cookies.
It's the pudding in the mix that gives these cookies the green tint and their moist chewiness.
Prep time: 30 minutes
Chill time: 1-2 hours
Bake time: 9-11 minutes
Makes 2-3 dozen sliced cookies
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, room temperature
½ cup powdered sugar
1 package (3.4 ounces) instant pistachio pudding mix
1 ½ teaspoons almond flavoring
1-3 drops green food coloring (optional)
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 10-ounce jar maraschino cherries
1 egg white
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
A Special Tip from The Elf
Drain and blot cherries thoroughly before mixing them into the dough for Pistachio Cherry Refrigerator Cookies. Otherwise, the cherry juice will mix with green dough and create a color that is not very appealing during the holidays.
See more inspiration on our Refrigerator Cookies Pinterest board.
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