orange glazed cardamom shortbread cookies
Over Thanksgiving this year, I made Food52’s Orange Cardamom Sweet Potatoes. These were weirdly one of the favorites on the table out of everything we made this year! The flavors of orange and cardamom marry beautifully and brought in some very festive flavors. These cookies are something I thought of right after because I figured if they work in a vegetable, well then they must work in a cookie. If you’re not already convinced, I don’t have a good photo because my dog ate them all! These cuties are also available in my holiday cookie boxes still available for order!
orange glazed cardamom shortbread cookies
Yields: 12 cookies
Bake time: About 1 hour
Ingredients
Shortbread
1 cup of unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup of powdered sugar
1 teaspoon of ground cardamom
1 3/4 cup of all-purpose flour
Glaze
About 1/2 cup of powdered sugar, more as needed
Splash of whole milk, more as needed
Zest from 1 small orange
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper
Cream together the sugar and softened butter until smooth
Slowly incorporate the dry ingredients being careful not to over mix, the dough will be clumpy
Gather the dough crumbs and press together until you form a disk, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes
Once the dough as finished chilling, place the disk in-between two sheets of parchment paper and roll out into a flat surface
Using any cookie cutter you desire, begin pressing out your cookie shapes, gathering dough scrapes and re-rolling to use as much of your dough as possible
Place shaped cookies onto baking sheet and freeze for 15 minutes
Bake the cookies for about 20 minutes, but set a timer for about half way through to keep an eye on them
Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for about 2 minutes, and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely
While the cookies are cooling, make your glaze! Combine the powdered sugar with a splash of milk and whisk together adding more of each ingredient until you reach your desired consistency
Mix in the orange zest
Carefully dip the top of your cookies into the glaze and transfer back to the wire rack to rest
Top with more orange zest if desired, and enjoy!
