Scandinavian Spice Cookies
Total Time: 01h 10m
Hands-on Time: 00h 25m
Makes: 12 servings
The subtly sweet flavor of this cookie lends itself well to the addition of spices. Here are two variations, but you get the idea; use the basic recipe as a backdrop for your favorite flavors.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose unbleached flour
- 1 teaspoon Frontier Co-op® Ground Cardamom Seed
- 1 dash Frontier Co-op® Sea Salt
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup Frontier Co-op® Cane Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Frontier Co-op® Almond Extract
Directions
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, cardamom and salt. In another bowl, cream butter and sugar. Stir in almond extract.
- Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix well. Form into a ball and chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes or more.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Form dough into one-inch balls and roll in sugar.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten with a cookie stamp (or the back of a fork if you don’t have a stamp). Bake for about 15 minutes, until lightly browned.
- Substitute 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg for the cardamom.
- Replace the almond extract with 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
