Cream Cheese Shortbread Cookies

So of course as I'm surfing Flickr browsing around and looking at all the amazing pics of cake and cupcakes (or cuppies as our Aussie friends call them), I come across the picture of a beautifully decorated shortbread cookie that is made with cream cheese and pistachios. This intrigued me, so OCD kicked in (as usual) and I found myself hunting around for the perfect recipe on the internet. I came across one on epicurious and tweaked it a little. Verdict? Great cookies! I used the cookie presses that I bought some time back but have never used and they came out but not as detailed as I would have liked. I think next time I will add a little more powdered sugar to make the batter a little more stiff but other than that, this is definitely a keeper!

Cream Cheese Shortbread Cookies with Pistachios
Adapted from Epicurious

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
3oz cream cheese, softened
3/4 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1/4 cup pistachios, finely chopped

Preheat oven to 325*F. Cream butter and cheese. Add vanilla. Stir in flour and sugar. Fold in pistachios. Roll into balls and flatten with a glass. Can also be used in a cookie press. You can decorate with sprinkling with sugar. Bake for 18 minutes. Cookies will be pale.