Cardamom Cookies
Submitted by 4paws2go on November 16, 2013 at 8:56 am

DESCRIPTION
From "The Ellis Island Immigrant Cookbook', Tom Bernardin, 1991

SUMMARY
Yield 0 Source Ellis Island Immigrant Cookbook, Bernardin File under cardamom, cookies, Finnish

INGREDIENTS
Preface to recipe...:

"These are the fragrant, crisp little cookies that I loved with cold milk a a child. Finns are partial to cardamom. I still recall how my mother took the little seeds from their pods, wrapped them in a linen napkin, and pounded them with a hammer."

I used baking ammonia, rather than baking soda.

Dry ingredients:

1 cup flour
1/4 tsp baking soda (ammonia)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cardamom
pinch salt (recipe didn't call for it, but I was using unsalted butter)

3/4 cup granulated sugar (whipped with egg)

Wet ingredients:

1 large egg
4 oz melted butter

INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350F.

Grease and flour two baking sheets, tapping of the excess flour. (sub parchment).

In a medium bowl stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and cardamom. (salt, if using)

In a large bowl, whisk the egg until frothy. Whisk in the sugar and butter. With a spoon, stir in the dry ingredients to make a batter. Using 1 tsp of batter for each cookie spoon it onto the prepared baking sheet, about 2" apart. Bake about 12 minutes, or until lightly browned. With a spatula, transfer to a rack to cool. Use cooled sheets, lightly greased and floured as before, to bake the rest. Makes 5 to 6 dozen.

My notes show that mine baked in 9 minutes...they're very thin, crispy cookies.

• This topic was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by rottiedogs.