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tags:
  - cookie
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  - persian
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# :falafel: Persian Chickpea Cookies with Pistachio

![Persian Chickpea cookies with Pistachio][1]{ loading=lazy }

| :fork_and_knife_with_plate: Serves | :timer_clock: Total Time |
|:----------------------------------:|:-----------------------: |
| 30 cookies | 2.65 hours |

## :salt: Ingredients

- :oil_drum: 0.5 cup vegetable oil
- :candy: 0.75 cup (85 g) confectioners' sugar
- :herb: 1 tsp ground cardamom
- :rose: 0.5 Tbsp rose water
- :ear_of_rice: 149 g [chickpea flour][2]
- :chestnut: 3 Tbsp pistachios

## :cooking: Cookware

- 1 bowl
- 1 hand mixer
- 1 plastic wrap
- 1 baking tray
- 1 parchment paper
- 1 1 inch clover shaped cookie cutter
- 1 wire rack

## :pencil: Instructions

### Step 1

Combine the vegetable oil, confectioners' sugar, ground cardamom and rose water in bowl. Using a hand mixer, mix on
medium for 2 to 3 minutes until light and creamy.

### Step 2

Sift [chickpea flour][2] into the bowl and beat on low for 1 minute until the dough is no longer sticky.

### Step 3

Dust your work surface with some chickpea flour and knead the dough for 10 minutes until it is more workable. The dough
is very crumbly.

### Step 4

Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and set aside for 2 hours. Do not refrigerate.

### Step 5

Preheat oven to 300°F and line baking tray with parchment paper.

### Step 6

Roll out the dough on a dusted work surface until it is 3/4 inch thick. Cut out cookies using a 1 inch clover shaped
cookie cutter and place the cookies on the baking tray, spaced 1 inch apart. Reroll and repeat until all the dough is
used up.

### Step 7

Sprinkle chopped pistachios on top of each cookie.

### Step 8

Place cooking tray in middle rack and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the cookies turn a light golden color.

### Step 9

Remove cookies from oven and let it cool on tray for 5 minutes. Then carefully transfer to a wire rack to cool
completely. Be careful when you transfer the cookies as they crumble very easily.

## :link: Source

- <https://www.aheadofthyme.com/2017/03/nan-e-nokhodchi-persian-chickpea-cookies/>

[1]: <../assets/images/persian-chickpea-cookies-with-pistachio.jpg>
[2]: <../ingredients/chickpea-flour.md>