Treating yourself and giving something good at Christmas is always a good idea, and it's even better with pistachios. The non-profit association American Pistachio Growers he asked the American blogger Laurel Evans (An American in the kitchen) to create a perfect culinary idea to become a Christmas gift. And then this very good is born cookie jar in which they alternate oat flakes, American pistachios and white chocolate to do at home of the yummy pistachio cookies dreaming of the sweetest American Christmas traditions.

The gift idea

Those who receive this cookie jar at Christmas will be able to try their hand at preparing American pistachio cookies by simply adding 110 g of butter and an egg to the ingredients contained in the jar!

For the American pistachio cookie jar

For the jar:

125 g of flour 00, 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 75 g of oat flakes, 150 g of sugar, 100 g of chopped pistachio kernels, 100 g of white chocolate, cut into cubes

For the American pistachio cookies

110 g of butter at room temperature, 1 egg at room temperature

To make 9-10 cookies:

For the jar: Mixking flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and pourrand the mixture in the bottom of the jar. To add the rest of the ingredients (oatmeal, sugar, white chocolate cut into cubes and chopped pistachios) one at a time to form separate layers. Close the jar and decorate or wrap it as you like.

To complete and bake the cookies: Preheatrand the oven at 180 ° C. In a bowl he worksrand butter until soft. Unirand the egg and beatrand until it is amalgamated. Embedrand the contents of the jar and mixrit is good. If you have the time, moverand the dough in the refrigerator and leaverand cool for a couple of hours. Otherwise, proceedrand immediately with cooking.

With a kitchen spoon shaperand with the dough of the balls of about 4 cm in diameter and place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper at least 8 cm away from each other. Bakerand for about 12-15 minutes, until the edges are just golden but the center of the biscuit will still be light and soft. Allow the cookies to cool for a few minutes on the plate before transferring them to a wire rack to cool.