North Africian Cardamom Cookies Food

FINNISH CARDAMOM COOKIES

Steps:

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

NORTH AFRICIAN CARDAMOM COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat the butter, sugar and cardomom powder for 3 minutes.
• Then with the beater going add the eggs one at a time.
• When the mixture gets light take it out in a bowl and add the flour and salt with a light hand.
• When a soft dough gets prepared with the help of a spoon drop them on a nonstick cookie sheet.
• Place them 1/2" apart.
• Bake these cookies in a preheated oven at 325 F for 10 - 11 minutes or till the cookies have a golden color.
• Repeat the baking procedure for the remaining dough.

CARDAMOM BISCUITS (NAN KHATAI)

Steps:

• Split the cardamom pods and remove the seeds. Pound the seeds to a powder in a pestle and mortar with 1 tsp of the sugar.
• Beat the butter until soft, then gradually add the remaining icing sugar and the ground cardamom. Continue beating until light and creamy, about 10 mins.
• Sieve the flour and gram flour into a bowl and whisk in the semolina and a pinch of salt. Stir into the butter and sugar in two increments. Gently bring everything together into a soft dough.
• Roll the dough into small, marble-sized balls with your hands and arrange, spaced out, on baking trays lined with baking parchment.
• Slightly flatten the top of each ball and press a whole almond or some chopped pistachios in the middle of each one. Chill for 20 mins.
• Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Bake the biscuits for about 20 mins or until golden. Leave to cool before storing in an airtight tin.