Name: Pistachio White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 23 min
Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients: 4 tbsp white rice flour; 2 tbsp creamy cashew butter; 2 tbsp maple syrup; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; 1/16 tsp salt; 2 tbsp chopped pistachios; 2 tbsp vegan white chocolate chips

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This is a deliciously soft cookie, with chewy and colorful pistachio bits and little sweet, melty white chocolate chips to seal the deal.

Pistachio White Chocolate Chip Cookies (Vegan, GF)

I'm so pleased with how these turned out. It's like a throw back to my high school/ uni days, when I used to live off coffee and things like soft white choc macadamia coffee shop-type cookies.

vegan white chocolate chip cookies with pistachios

This nostalgic recreation turned out truly delightful. And I think the pistachios and white chocolate chips are a much better combo than macadamia. What do you think?

They're less crunchy, more flavorful, and way more colorful. To my mind it makes so much more sense in this kind of cookie.

But of course, if you want to swap the pistachios for macadamia, it's your call :) I won't judge -- both versions are delish.

Pistachio White Chocolate Chip Cookies gluten-free vegan

The real reason for the timing of this recipe though is my excitement at coming across some vegan white chocolate chips while shopping the other day. I just had to take them out for a baking "test drive" and was very pleased with the results.

I don't normally advertise products (and this isn't a paid promotion). But since it's the first baking-friendly non-dairy white choc chip product I've come across in person, I included a pic of the brand I used above.

If you're in Canada -- I bought these at Superstore in the natural section. You can also find them on Well.ca. If you can't find this brand, try to see if there's something similar you can use instead (if you know of any good brands where you live, feel free to share what you used in the comments below).

Hopefully you can find some white choc chips to make this recipe work. You'll be in for a real treat!

Pistachio White Chocolate Chip Cookies

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A delicious soft cookie, with chewy and colorful pistachio bits and of course little melty white chocolate chips to seal the deal.

Author: Audrey @ Unconventional Baker
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Total Time: 23 minutes
Yield: 6 cookies
Category: Cookies
Method: Baked
Cuisine: Vegan
Diet: Gluten Free

Ingredients

Cookie Base

4 tbsp white rice flour
2 tbsp creamy cashew butter
2 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/16 tsp salt

Fold Ins

2 tbsp chopped pistachios
2 tbsp vegan white chocolate chips

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 375F. Line a small cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
Process all cookie base ingredients into a uniform mixture (using a small food processor). The consistency should be relatively moist, but you should be able to handle the dough between a little without it being too too sticky (some stickiness is ok, you just want to be able to handle the cookies a little while shaping). The mixture should look something like this at this stage:
Add in the fold ins and process again very briefly just to incorporate them in lightly.
Use a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop with a release trigger (or just carefully spoon out some of the mixture with a spoon and lightly shape into a ball with your hands) to scoop up some of the mixture onto the cookie sheet. Flatten gently with your hands and round off the edges of the cookie a little to form a flat round shape and to press back in any little renegade chips or pistachio bits that decided to fall away at this stage. Repeat with the rest of the dough (you should get 6 cookies).
Bake in a pre-heated oven for 8 minutes, or until the edges become golden. Cool on a wire rack for about 10 minutes, then enjoy!