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.
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