Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated white sugar
• 1 egg, at room temperature
• beans from one pod of SPRIG vanilla
• 1+1/4  cup all-purpose flour
• 1 Tbsp cornstarch/ corn flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• a pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup ground pistachios
• 1/4 cup white chocolate chips (optional)
• 6 scoops of vanilla ice-cream

Procedure

• Using an electric mixer, beat butter until it is fluffy
• Add in both brown and white sugar and cream them with the butter.
• Beat in the egg. Add vanilla beans.
• In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, corn starch and salt
• Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix until blended.
• Add pistachios and white chocolate chips. Using a spatula or a whisk, carefully mix them into the batter
• Scoop out your dough into balls of equal sizes on a baking tray lined with baking sheet. Refregerate for 30 minutes
• Pre heat your oven to 170C.
• Bake for about 12-15 minutes or until the edges become golden brown.

After taking them out of the oven, let them rest on the baking tray for at least 10 minutes..

Recipe & photograph by Shivesh Bhatia