Finnish Cardamom Cookies

mersaydees's Note:

Based on a recipe from Karen Berg Douglas' book, Scandinavian Sweet Treats.

• Total Time: 17 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 5 dozen c ...

• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, melted

Directions:

1. In large bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and cardamon.
2. In another bowl, beat egg until frothy.
3. Beat sugar and butter into egg. Mix well.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Mix until batter is smooth.
5. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased and floured cookie sheet.
6. Bake in 350° oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until brown.

Reviews

[the80srule]

These are very rich cookies but oh so good! I scaled the recipe down to a 1/2 batch to make a lattice for a blueberry pie and still had a large glob of dough left over and got 3 cookies. No picture available...cuz I ate them! ;) They're good out of the oven but even better after cooled off and crisped up. I subbed the butter for canola oil, if others want to do so scale it down 1-2 Tbsp or else they will be very greasy to handle. For "1/2 egg" I separated a small egg that had a few drops of yolk left, binded up just perfect. The spice mix is just superb, outta this world! Made for Veggie Swap 24.

[Katzen]

We absolutely loved these! Not only are they delicious, but easy to put together as well! Like other reviewers, we only got 2 1/2 dozen cookies, and that was using my tsp cookie scoop. Thanks mersaydees for posting this winner, and thanks Cookgirl, for putting it in your Best of 2010 cookbook so I could try it!

[~Leslie~]

Wow, these are delicious cookies! Threw them together in a snap, so very easy! Loved the combo of cardamom and cinnamon, excellent! Made for ZWT 6 :)