Indulge in a delightful symphony of flavors with our Apricot Pistachio Layered Icebox Cookies. These cookies are a harmonious blend of sweet, tangy, and nutty flavors, creating a truly unique and irresistible treat. The combination of buttery shortbread cookies, apricot preserves, and pistachio filling creates a delightful textural contrast that will tantalize your taste buds. These cookies are incredibly easy to make, requiring no baking and minimal effort. With just a few simple steps, you can create a batch of these delicious cookies that are perfect for any occasion. Whether you're looking for a sweet snack, a dessert to impress your friends, or a homemade gift, these Apricot Pistachio Layered Icebox Cookies are sure to be a hit.
**Apricot Pistachio Layered Icebox Cookies Recipe:**
**Ingredients:**
* For the Shortbread Cookies:
* 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1 large egg
* 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* For the Apricot Filling:
* 1 cup apricot preserves
* For the Pistachio Filling:
* 1 cup powdered sugar
* 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
* 1/2 cup chopped pistachios
* 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
**Instructions:**
1. Make the Shortbread Cookies:
* In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
* Beat in the egg until well blended.
* Gradually add the flour and salt, mixing until just combined.
* Form the dough into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap, and chill for at least 30 minutes.
2. Make the Apricot Filling:
* Simply open a jar of apricot preserves and set aside.
3. Make the Pistachio Filling:
* In a medium bowl, cream together the powdered sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
* Stir in the pistachios and almond extract until well combined.
4. Assemble the Cookies:
* Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
* On a lightly floured surface, roll out the chilled dough to a 12-inch (30 cm) circle.
* Spread the apricot preserves evenly over the dough, leaving a 1-inch (2.5 cm) border around the edge.
* Spread the pistachio filling evenly over the apricot preserves.
* Roll the dough up tightly, starting from one of the long sides.
* Wrap the roll in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes.
5. Bake the Cookies:
* Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
* Slice the chilled dough roll into 1-inch (2.5 cm) thick cookies.
* Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
* Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the cookies are just starting to brown around the edges.
6. Let the Cookies Cool:
* Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
**Tips:**
* For a more intense pistachio flavor, use a combination of chopped pistachios and pistachio extract in the filling.
* If you don't have apricot preserves, you can use another type of fruit preserves, such as raspberry or strawberry.
* These cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
PISTACHIO-APRICOT RUGELACH
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 3h40m
Yield 24 rugelach
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Make the dough: Whisk the flour, granulated sugar and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the cream cheese and butter in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until creamy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the mixer speed to medium; beat in the flour mixture until combined, about 1 minute. Turn out onto a sheet of plastic wrap, shape into a disk and wrap. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Cut the dough in half. Working with one half at a time, roll out each piece of dough into a 6-by-12-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface; square off the edges. Refrigerate the dough rectangles until firm, at least 20 minutes.
- Make the filling: Spread 3 tablespoons apricot preserves on each dough rectangle, leaving a 1-inch border on one long side. Toss the pistachios, dried apricots, granulated sugar, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl. Sprinkle over the preserves and press in gently.
- Starting with the jam-covered long side, roll up each dough rectangle into a tight log. Place seam-side down on a baking sheet and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line a separate baking sheet with parchment paper. Brush the logs with the beaten egg and sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Cut the logs into 1-inch-thick rounds. Arrange seam-side down on the prepared pan, about 1 inch apart.
- Bake the cookies until golden brown, 25 to 35 minutes. Let cool completely on the pan.
ICEBOX COOKIES
This cookie recipe from my 91-year-old grandmother was my grandfather's favorite. She still makes them and sends us home with the dough so that we can make more whenever we want, I love to make a fresh batch when company drops in. -Chris Paulsen, Glendale, Arizona
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 30m
Yield about 7 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture. Stir in nuts if desire. , On a lightly floured surface, shape the dough into three 10-in. x 1-in. rolls. Tightly wrap each roll in waxed paper. Freeze for at least 12 hours. , Cut into 3/8-in. slices and place on greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 62 calories, Fat 2g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 11mg cholesterol, Sodium 69mg sodium, Carbohydrate 10g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
APRICOT COOKIES
These cookies have a great tart and sweet taste. These are not just a Christmas cookie, but they get asked for every year! You can substitute cranberry sauce for apricot preserve, or try doing half apricot and half cranberry, yum!
Provided by Kathy Lusk
Categories Desserts Cookies Fruit Cookie Recipes Apricot
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Cream the butter and sugar in a medium size mixing bowl. Mix flour, baking powder, salt, egg and vanilla extract into the butter-sugar mixture. Cool dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- On a lightly floured surface roll dough out to 1/4 inch thick. Cut the dough into rounds with a round cookie cutter or glass. Using the tip of a teaspoon place a small drop of apricot preserves into the middle of the circle. Brush edges with water and fold the dough over so that the cookie is in the shape of a half moon; seal edges Arrange on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown. Dust the cookies with powdered sugar while still hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 202.4 calories, Carbohydrate 31.2 g, Cholesterol 28.1 mg, Fat 8 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 4.9 g, Sodium 126.5 mg, Sugar 18.5 g
POACHED APRICOTS WITH PISTACHIO AND AMARETTO MASCARPONE
This dessert, which manages to be both rich and wonderfully refreshing, requires very little effort. Make sure, though, that you use apricots that are at their very best. Other light dessert wines can be used instead of Sauternes.
Provided by Yotam Ottolenghi
Categories parfaits and trifles, dessert
Time 35m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Poach the apricots: Add Sauternes, lime half, vanilla, sugar and 3 tablespoons/40 milliliters water to a saucepan just big enough to hold the apricot halves in one layer. Place the pan over high heat and cook until the sugar has melted and the liquid boils.
- Remove the pan from the heat and place the apricots in the hot liquid, cut sides down. Leave them to poach in the residual heat until they are soft but still hold their shape (20 to 40 minutes, depending on how ripe they are) flipping them every 10 minutes. Set the apricots aside to cool slightly. (If not serving immediately, transfer the apricots to a covered container and refrigerate until needed.) Squeeze the lime into the syrup and then discard it; return the saucepan with the syrup to medium-high heat and simmer until reduced to about 1/4 cup/70 milliliters, 5 to 6 minutes. Set aside at room temperature until needed.
- Prepare the mascarpone mixture: Combine pistachios, amaretti cookies and sugar. Add three-quarters of this mixture to a bowl with the mascarpone and mix it all together until combined, then fold in the cream.
- To serve, divide the apricots and the amaretti cream between four bowls. Pour the syrup over the apricots and sprinkle the remaining amaretti and pistachio crumble over the cream. Finish with orange blossom water and lime zest and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 595, UnsaturatedFat 18 grams, Carbohydrate 52 grams, Fat 41 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 10 grams, SaturatedFat 19 grams, Sodium 312 milligrams, Sugar 35 grams
LAYERED ICEBOX COOKIES
Try all three of our layered icebox-cookie variations: Chocolate-Pecan, Apricot-Pistachio, and Raspberry-Almond.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes about 12 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Shape dough into 2 disks. Wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
- Roll out each disk to a 1/8-inch thickness on a floured piece of parchment. Cut into 2-by-9-inch strips. Spread 2 teaspoons jam onto 1 strip; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons ground nut filling. Repeat, layering 3 to 5 more strips, ending with a plain strip.
- Wrap in parchment. Refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours. Slice dough crosswise slightly thicker than 1/8 inch. Bake at 350 degrees on parchment-lined baking sheets until firm, 12 to 14 minutes.
APRICOT TART WITH PISTACHIOS
Working with phyllo dough is easy and satisfying, especially for cooks who are inclined to shy away from making pastry. Frozen puff pastry is having a moment, but for little effort, you can achieve similar results with phyllo sheets and never lift a rolling pin. Bright orange apricots are the ideal fruit, but other summer stone fruits, such as pluots, plums or nectarines, also work well. This makes a very impressive open face tart with a very crisp, ultraflaky crust.
Provided by David Tanis
Categories pies and tarts, dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375 degrees. Lay 1 sheet phyllo on a parchment-lined 12-by-18-inch rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon butter and brush to coat the entire phyllo sheet.
- Top with another sheet and butter as above. Repeat with 7 more sheets, for a total of 9, buttering as you go. The final, top layer should also be buttered. (The rest of the phyllo can be wrapped and frozen for future use.)
- Dot the top sheet with jam by the teaspoon, then, using a spatula, spread the jam to cover the entire sheet, leaving a 2-inch border.
- Sprinkle a layer of half the chopped pistachios over the jam. Place the apricot wedges, skin-side down, in even rows across the surface, then sprinkle again with remaining pistachios.
- Carefully fold over the edges on all sides of the tart to make a 10-by-16-inch rectangle. Brush folded sides with butter. Sprinkle sugar generously over apricots and folded edges.
- Bake until pastry is golden and apricots begin to color, about 1 hour. Cool for 15 minutes, then cut into squares. Serve warm or at room temperature.
PISTACHIO CRANBERRY ICEBOX COOKIES
Categories Cookies Mixer Fruit Nut Dessert Bake Freeze/Chill Christmas Cranberry Pistachio Fall Winter Chill Gourmet Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes about 3 dozen cookies
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Make dough:
- Stir together flour, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl.
- Beat together butter, granulated sugar, and zest in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture in 3 batches, mixing until dough just comes together in clumps, then mix in pistachios and cranberries. Gather and press dough together, then divide into 2 equal pieces. Using a sheet of plastic wrap or wax paper as an aid, form each piece of dough into a log about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Square off long sides of each log to form a bar, then chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until very firm, at least 2 hours.
- Slice and bake cookies:
- Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Brush egg over all 4 long sides of bars (but not ends). Sprinkle decorative sugar on a separate sheet of parchment or wax paper and press bars into sugar, coating well.
- Cut each bar crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices, rotating bar after cutting each slice to help keep square shape. (If dough gets too soft to slice, freeze bars briefly until firm.) Arrange cookies about 1/2 inch apart on lined baking sheets.
- Bake cookies, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until edges are pale golden, 15 to 18 minutes total. Transfer cookies from parchment to racks using a slotted spatula and cool completely.
LAYERED APRICOT NUT COOKIES
I recieved this recipe from a girl I used to work with and it has been part of my Christmas cookie selection ever since. I could eat my weight in these things!
Provided by BonnieZ
Categories Dessert
Time 3h
Yield 5 dozen cookies, 60 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Separate egg yolks from egg whites setting aside both.
- Dissolve dry yeast in 1/4 cup warm water.
- Work together flour and butter with a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles course meal.
- Add egg yolks,yeast mixture and milk and mix well to combine (using your hands works best).
- Divide dough into 3 portions, one slightly larger for bottom crust.
- Cover& let sit in a draft free place to raise for 1/2 hour.
- Meanwhile mix 3/1/2 cups ground walnuts with 1 cup of sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon.
- Mix well and reserve 1/2 cup of the nut mixture for the topping.
- Roll out larger portion of dough to fit a 15 x 10 sheet pan with 1 inch sides.
- Place the dough in the bottom of the sheet pan and cover with the nut mixture.
- Roll second sheet of dough to a 15x 10 rectangle and place on top of the nut layer.
- Evenly spread 2 jars of apricot filling on the second layer of dough.
- Roll third crust and place on top of the apricot layer.
- Score the top layer of the dough into 1 1/2 inch squares.
- Bake 350°F for 35 minutes and let cool on baking rack.
- Meanwhile beat 4 egg whites with 1/2 cup of sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Add almond extract and combine well.
- Spread on top of cooled, baked crust being sure to spread to all edges of the pan to prevent shrinking a sweating of the meringue.
- Sprinkle with reserved nut mixture.
- Bake at 325°F for 15 minutes and let cool.
- Store covered in the refrigerator, slicing into squares before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 129.8, Fat 8.1, SaturatedFat 3.3, Cholesterol 26.4, Sodium 39.9, Carbohydrate 12.9, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 5.8, Protein 2.1
PISTACHIO APRICOT OATMEAL COOKIES
Categories Cookies Mixer Fruit Nut Dessert Bake Kid-Friendly Quick & Easy Apricot Pistachio Oat Healthy Gourmet Small Plates
Yield Makes 18 large cookies
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 2 baking sheets.
- Beat together butter and sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until fluffy, then beat in vanilla. Add egg and beat until combined well. Stir together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a small bowl, then add to dough and mix at low speed until just combined. Fold in oats, apricots, and pistachios.
- Spoon rounded tablespoons of dough about 2 inches apart onto baking sheets. Bake cookies, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until golden brown, 16 to 18 minutes. Transfer cookies with a spatula to racks. (Cookies will crisp as they cool.)
Tips:
- Use ripe, fresh apricots. This will ensure that your cookies have the best flavor and texture.
- Toast the pistachios before using them. This will bring out their flavor and make them more fragrant.
- Chill the dough before rolling it out. This will help to prevent the cookies from spreading too much in the oven.
- Use a sharp knife to cut the cookies. This will help to prevent them from tearing.
- Bake the cookies until they are just set. Overbaking will make them dry and crumbly.
Conclusion:
Apricot pistachio layered icebox cookies are a delicious and easy-to-make treat. They are perfect for any occasion, and they are sure to be a hit with everyone who tries them. With their combination of sweet apricots, nutty pistachios, and creamy white chocolate, these cookies are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth. So next time you are looking for a special treat, give these cookies a try. You won't be disappointed.
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