Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread

 
Ingredients:-

All Purpose Flour-1 1/4 cups
Butter softened-1/2 cup (1 stick)
Sugar-1/3 cups
Vanilla Extract-1/2 tsp
Pista Coarsely - 1/2 cup(chopped)
Dried Cranberries-1/2 cup(chopped)


Method:-

Chop the pista and dried cranberries.


Mix all purpose flour and salt and keep aside.



Beat butter until smooth.(about 1-2 minutes)


Add sugar and beat until creamy.(about 3 minutes)


Add vanilla extract and mix.


Stir in the flour-salt mixture and mix gently.



Add pistachio and cranberries.
Mix to combine.If the mixture is crumbly,use a few drops of water to form a dough.

Place the dough in a parchment paper and shape it into a rectangle about 10 inches long and 2 inches wide.

Wrap it and place in refrigerator for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 325F with the rack in the center of he oven.Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Remove dough from refrigerator and slice into i cm thick slices.

Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheet,spacing about 2 inches apart.Bake for about 15 - 2o minutes,or until the cookies are just beginning to brown around the edges.Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.


Tasty and colorful cookies ready.