Swedish Cardamom Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon finely grated orange rind or 1 teaspoon lemon rind
• 2 teaspoons ground cardamom
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• colored crystal sugar or chopped toasted pecans

Recipe

• 1 place the butter and icing sugar in a food processor, and process until smooth.
• 2 pulse in the egg, vanilla, cardamom and zest until combined.
• 3 add the flour and process to make a soft dough.
• 4 divide dough in half,place onto two (12- inch long) sheets of plastic wrap, using the plastic, shape into 8-inches long by 2-inches in diameter logs.
• 5 refrigerate the dough logs for 2 hours or overnight.
• 6 preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 7 scatter either the coloured sugars or toasted nuts on a work surface and roll the logs until completely coated.
• 8 cut into 1/4-inch thick cookies and space about 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets.
• 9 bake until golden around the edges, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• 10 cool cookies on the pan. remove to airtight container.