If you’re looking for a new dessert recipe to make this weekend, try The Best Baklava Cookie Recipe! These cookies include a few of my favorite baklava ingredients. Chopped pistachios, chocolate chips, and honey tahini.
I love Mediterranean-inspired food. This is the first time I have cooked with tahini at home. If you’re not familiar with tahini, it’s a sesame seed paste that has the familiar texture of peanut butter. The first sweet recipe that came to mind was to create cookies in a new flavor combination – baklava!
Baklava is a special Greek or Mediterranean dessert made with thin layers of phyllo dough, honey, and various nuts. My favorite flavors of baklava are pistachio followed by chocolate, so my Baklava Cookies include both – chopped pistachios, chocolate chips, and honey-flavored tahini to incorporate Mediterranean and honey flavors. If you only have plain tahini, that’s fine too.
The most labor-intensive part of this recipe was shelling the pistachios one by one. I measured out one cup of shelled nuts, removed the shells, and lightly chopped them with my food processor.
This recipe contains typical cookie ingredients. I used whole wheat flour for extra nutrition. The last step is to add chopped pistachios and chocolate chips. The cookies will turn out best if you chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before baking.
Peanut butter cookies require a light press before baking, so I did the same for this recipe. Don’t forget to gently press each cookie with a fork before the pan goes into the oven.
These Baklava Cookies are delicious! I love the unique flavor from honey tahini, the salty bite from pistachios, and sweet taste from chocolate chips.
Baklava Cookies
A cookie recipe that tastes like baklava.
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup white whole wheat flour
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup honey-flavored tahini
- 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup pistachios {shelled and chopped}
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
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Cream together butter and sugar. Add vanilla, eggs, and tahini.
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Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl - flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
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Slowly add dry ingredients to the mixing bowl. Mix until combined.
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Stir in chocolate chips and chopped pistachios.
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Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before baking.
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Flatten each cookie lightly with a fork prior to baking.
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Bake for 12 minutes.
{Adapted from the Kitchn’s recipe for Tahini Cookies}Â
I’m Celia. I live in the Chicago area. I'm a mama of two, runner, business owner and former Iowan. My blog includes recipes, fitness and travel posts, and stories about Chicago.
I most want to try roasted and honey.
Ah, these look delicious! I love baklava, so pretty sure I'd love em' in cookie form! I love sesame king's tahini–so many awesome flavors! :] I need to try their olive oil and light roast!
Hmm…I'd like to try garlic, honey or maybe even cajun.
Sounds tasty! I would try the honey flavor
I never thought about using Tahini in my baked goods! Now, I remember seeing shelled pistachios somewhere…hmmmm….maybe Trader Joes?
That recipe sounds amazing. I never would have thought to bake with tahini. I'd like to try the honey and roasted flavors.
Delicious! I had no idea you could use tahini for baking or cookies!
Your cookies look delicious! What fun flavours
Would never have thought of tahini in cookies how interesting!
Oh, these cookies look yummy (hello…cookies? chocolate chips? what's not to love!). Yes, the shelled pistachios would be a bit high-maintenance for me LOL
These look amazing. I love baklava so I'm going to give these a try!
Those cookies look amazing! It's 6:00 in the morning and I want some now! I'd get the garlic and the olive oil.
Sounds tasty! I would try the honey flavor
I have never met a cookie I didn't like- these look delish!
Unfortunately I can't eat too much tahini in my meal plan – BUT – these cookies look bomb! I'm pinning for the rest of my friends to try!
Oh, yes please!!! That looks and sounds amazing!
Your cookies look absolutely delicious!