Originally Posted by
cblaisd
a) I've never been in any grocery that didn't have a large selection of bagged nuts.
b) If the store didn't have bagged and shelled raw pecans, I would switch the nuts to something the store did have.
c) If the store had no bagged raw nuts that were acceptable, I'd change recipes.
Even with a power sheller and paper-thin pecans, it's a tedious and labor-intensive process (which is why they're so expensive).
How'd the cookies taste?

Autocorrect hit. It was raw pistachios. Now corrected. The dough is still chilling in the fridge.