{"id":3043,"date":"2026-04-03T21:48:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:48:33","slug":"cranberry-pistachio-slice-and-bake-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/cranberry-pistachio-slice-and-bake-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Cranberry Pistachio Slice-and-Bake Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Cranberry Pistachio Slice-and-Bake Cookies<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a0Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup (225g) unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup (150g) sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 1\/4 cups (280g) all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup dried cranberries<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup pistachios (unsalted, shelled, chopped)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Cream butter &amp; sugar<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a bowl, mix the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add vanilla<\/strong><br \/>\nStir in the vanilla extract.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mix dry ingredients<\/strong><br \/>\nIn another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.<br \/>\nGradually add to the butter mixture and mix until dough forms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add mix-ins<\/strong><br \/>\nFold in cranberries and pistachios.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shape the dough<\/strong><br \/>\nDivide dough into 2 logs (about 4\u20135 cm thick).<br \/>\nWrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least <strong>1\u20132 hours<\/strong> (or until firm).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Slice &amp; bake<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Preheat oven to <strong>180\u00b0C (350\u00b0F)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Slice logs into 1 cm rounds<\/li>\n<li>Place on a lined baking tray<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bake<\/strong><br \/>\nBake for <strong>10\u201315 minutes<\/strong> until edges are lightly golden.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cool<\/strong><br \/>\nLet cookies cool on the tray before serving (they firm up as they cool).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t overmix the dough (keeps cookies soft)<\/li>\n<li>Chill well \u2192 helps cookies keep their shape<\/li>\n<li>You can freeze the dough and bake anytime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Result<\/h3>\n<p>Buttery, slightly crisp cookies with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sweet-tart cranberries<\/li>\n<li>crunchy pistachios<\/li>\n<li>perfect \u201cslice &amp; bake\u201d texture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Cranberry Pistachio Slice-and-Bake Cookies \u00a0Ingredients 1 cup (225g) unsalted butter, softened 3\/4 cup (150g) sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 2&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3045,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3043\/revisions\/3045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}