Homemade Cardamom Spice Cookies are a perfect recipe to make for inclusion in a tea gist basket.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 18 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Chill 2 hourshours
Total Time 2 hourshours30 minutesminutes
Calories
Author Robin Gagnon
Ingredients
½cupsoftened unsalted butter1 stick
½cupof confectionery sugar
¾teaspooncardamom
¼teaspooncinnamon
¼teaspoonground ginger
1 ½teaspoonpure vanilla extract
2tbsorange juice
¼teaspoonsea salt
1 ½cupsflour
Instructions
Cream together the softened butter, sugar, and spices.
In a separate small bowl or cup, mix salt with the vanilla extract and orange juice to dissolve, then add to the creamed butter.
Gradually mix in the flour.
Knead the dough lightly, then split in half and roll into two logs about 2 inches thick. Wrap each log in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours to firm up.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Cut each cookie dough log into slices about ¼"-½" thick. Arrange on parchment. These shortbread cookies will not expand much at all, but leave a little space between them.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, then remove to rack to cool.