Cardamom-Orange Sugar Cookies

Name: Cardamom-Orange Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 591 milliliters all purpose flour; 1 large egg, room temperature; 1 teaspoons ground cardamom; 6 servings Raw sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 355 milliliters (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

Cardamom-Orange Sugar Cookies

Need a vegetarian dessert? Cardamom-Orange Sugar Cookies could be a spectacular recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains around 6g of protein, 41g of fat, and a total of 637 calories. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 7. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. Head to the store and pick up sugar, vanillan extract, ground cardamom, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Whisk flour, cardamom, and 1/2 teaspoonsalt in medium bowl to blend. Usingelectric mixer, beat butter in large bowluntil creamy, about 2 minutes. Graduallyadd 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar; beatuntil light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beatin finely grated orange peel and vanilla.

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Orange Zest

Cardamom

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Blender

Whisk

Bowl

Add egg; beat to blend.

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Egg

Add 1/3 of flourmixture; beat on low speed just to blend.

Add remaining flour in 2 additions, beatingon low speed just until blended. Refrigerateuntil firm enough to shape, about 1 hour.

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All Purpose Flour

Divide dough in half. Form each halfinto ball. Flatten into disks and wrap inplastic. Chill until firm enough to roll out,about 45 minutes. DO AHEAD: Dough can beprepared 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated.

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Dough

Roll

Wrap

Let chilled dough stand at roomtemperature until soft enough to roll out,about 15 minutes.

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Dough

Roll

Position 1 rack in top third and 1rack in bottom third of oven; preheat to350°F. Line 2 large baking sheets withparchment paper.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Roll out 1 dough disk onlightly floured surface to generous 1/8-inchthickness.

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Dough

Roll

Cut out cookies using festivecookie cutters. Carefully transfer cookiesto prepared baking sheets, spacing 1 inchapart.

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Cut Out Cookies

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Baking Sheet

Sprinkle with raw sugar. Gatherdough scraps into ball. Flatten, cover,and freeze dough until firm enough toroll out again, about 10 minutes.

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Raw Sugar

Dough

Bake cookies until light golden brown,about 16 minutes, rotating sheets halfwaythrough baking for even cooking. Carefullyslide parchment paper with cookies ontoracks to cool completely.

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Baking Paper

Oven

Let baking sheetscool completely, then repeat process withremaining dough, lining sheets with freshparchment between batches. DO AHEAD: Cookies can be made 3 days ahead.Store cookies in airtight containers atroom temperature.

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Dough

* Also called turbinado or demerara sugar;available at most supermarkets and atnatural foods stores.

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Turbinado Sugar

For cookies with a moreclassic holiday look, make a quick glazeby mixing powdered sugar with a bit ofmilk.

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Powdered Sugar