Recipes and Cooking Desserts & Baking Cookies Pistachio Lime Spirals Be the first to rate & review! These pinwheel cookies get a nice tartness from lime and earthiness from pistachios. By Lois Carpenter Lois Carpenter Lois Carpenter has spent over four decades as an editor. She has contributed as an editor to special interest publications for Better Homes & Gardens, Family Circle magazine, and other DotDash Meredith publications. She specializes in food writing and editing, and her name is especially well-known in relation to holiday baking publications. After working with Better Homes & Gardens, she became a senior food editor for Excellent Publication Services, which involved writing food features, story editing, and managing food photography for their publications. Currently, she works at Grey Dog Media as an editorial director.Lois earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Iowa in food science and home economics journalism in 1981, which launched her career in food publications. Since then, she has had an illustrious career as a food editor, which involves developing and testing recipes, writing food articles, managing test kitchens, and supervising an editing process. Her first job was to write about food for several companies, including Nabisco, Tupperware, and Hellman's. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on November 16, 2022 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Brie Goldman Prep Time: 30 mins Bake Time: 10 mins Chill Time: 10 mins Freeze Time: 1 hr Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Servings: 32 Yield: 32 cookies Jump to Nutrition Facts Pistachios are cracking out of their shells by bringing vibrant color and rich, earthy taste to these spiral cookies. Keep pistachios fresher longer by storing them in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 6 months or in the freezer up to a year. Ingredients 1 cup butter 1 cup powdered sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups all purpose flour 1 2/3 cups salted pistachios 1 tablespoon lime zest 1/2 tsp green food coloring Directions In a large bowl beat butter with a mixer on medium to high 30 seconds. Add powdered sugar and salt. Beat on medium 2 minutes, scraping bowl as needed. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Beat in 1 cup of the flour. Remove ⅔ cup of dough; reserve for filling. Beat remaining 1 cup flour into remaining dough in large bowl. Remove dough and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill 1 hour. For filling, in a food processor pulse 1 cup of the pistachios until finely ground. Remove and set aside. Pulse remaining ⅔ cup pistachios in food processor until very finely ground but not yet forming a paste. Add reserved dough and lime zest. Pulse until thoroughly combined and dough has taken on a green color. Add food coloring, if desired. On a sheet of parchment paper roll chilled dough into a 12x8-inch rectangle. Spread filling over dough, leaving a ½-inch border along the two long edges. Cut rectangle in half crosswise. Tightly roll up dough halves, starting from short sides; pinch to seal edges. Coat the rolls with the finely ground pistachios. Wrap rolls in plastic wrap; freeze about 1 hour or until firm enough to slice. Preheat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Cut rolls into ¼-inch slices. Place 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool on cookie sheets 1 minute. Remove; cool on wire racks. Rate it Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 134 Calories 9g Fat 11g Carbs 3g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 32 Calories 134.1 % Daily Value * Total Fat 9.1g 12% Saturated Fat 4.1g 21% Cholesterol 26.9mg 9% Sodium 110.8mg 5% Total Carbohydrate 11.2g 4% Dietary Fiber 0.9g 3% Total Sugars 3.9g Protein 2.6g Vitamin D 0.1mcg 0% Vitamin C 0.4mg 2% Calcium 11.8mg 1% Iron 0.7mg 4% Potassium 79.6mg 2% Fatty acids, total trans 0.2g Vitamin D 2.6IU Alanine 0.1g Arginine 0.2g Ash 0.5g Aspartic acid 0.2g Caffeine 0mg Carotene, alpha 0mcg Choline, total 15.9mg Copper, Cu 0.1mg Cystine 0g Energy 561.1kJ Fluoride, F 0.3mcg Folate, total 19.3mcg Glutamic acid 0.6g Glycine 0.1g Histidine 0.1g Isoleucine 0.1g Leucine 0.2g Lysine 0.1g Methionine 0.1g Magnesium, Mg 9.3mg Manganese, Mn 0.1mg Niacin 0.6mg Phosphorus, P 46.5mg Pantothenic acid 0.1mg Phenylalanine 0.1g Phytosterols 0.1mg Proline 0.2g Retinol 52.6mcg Selenium, Se 4.3mcg Serine 0.2g Starch 0.1g Theobromine 0mg Threonine 0.1g Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 0.3mg Tryptophan 0g Tyrosine 0.1g Valine 0.1g Vitamin A, IU 211.3IU Vitamin A, RAE 54.4mcg Vitamin B-12 0mcg Vitamin B-6 0.1mg Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 1.4mcg Water 4.9g Zinc, Zn 0.3mg *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.