Cinnamon Or Cardamon Butter Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Bring butter to room temperature. Cream butter to the consistency of mayonnaise.
• 2. Mix and sift flour, p. sugar, and corn starch. Add to butter mixture, creaming constantly.
• 3. Add cinnamon.
• 4. Chill thoroughly.
• 5. Roll into small balls, about 1 inch diameter, and place on cookie sheets. (I use a small Pampered Chef scoop and drop onto parchment covered cookie sheets.) Can also be used in a pastry tube. For best results, do not use air-bake pans.
• 6. Flatten with floured tines of a fork. I suggest keeping the dough as cold as possible throughout steps 5 and 6 by working quickly and refrigerating dough when not working with it.
• 7. Optional: We add colored sugar to the tops, since we make these during the Christmas season, before baking.
• 8. Bake in a 325 degree F oven for approximately 20 minutes, OR until delicately browned. (For best results, watch them carefully to be certain they are slightly browned but only slightly browned. That's when they have the perfect texture (after they cool)!
• 9. Cool on wire racks.
• 10. Enjoy your tender, delicate, subtly flavored little butter cookies!

Steps:

• Cream together 1 cup butter and white sugar. Beat in the egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Combine together the sifted flour, salt and ground cinnamon and stir into butter mixture.
• Cover and chill dough for 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Lightly flour a rolling pin. Roll out dough on lightly floured wax paper and cut with cookie cutter. As dough warms it becomes unworkable. Return to refrigerator as needed. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 15-20 minutes until lightly browned.
• To Make Icing: Sift confectioners' sugar into mixing bowl. Add vanilla, salt, and butter. Add milk one tablespoon at a time while beating until spreadable consistency. Continue beating on medium for 10 minutes. Ice cookies.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F, oven rack in center of oven.
• Grease a heavy cookie sheet (use a veggie oil).
• Combine salt (if using) and flour in a bowl.
• Cream Butter sugar and 2 tsp of cardamom until fluffy.
• Add flour and beat at low speed.
• Stir in 1/2 cup almonds.
• Combine powdered sugar and remaining cardamom.
• Roll dough into 1 Tbsp balls one at a time.
• Roll each in the powdered sugar mixture, coat well.
• Place on cookie sheet and with the bottom of a small glass, dipped in the sugar, press the cookie to 1/2" thickness. Press a couple of almond slices into each cookie (use more if you like).
• Have cookies at least a 1/2" apart.
• Bake about 14 minutes or until they are light brown.
• Cool on a rack.
• Put in airtight container.
• You can freeze and they will keep at least a couple of months.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, soda and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, blend sugars with a mixer. Add butter and mix.
• Add eggs and vanilla. Mix until light and fluffy.
• Add flour mixture and blend just until combined. Do not overmix.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
• Roll in combination of remaining sugar and cinnamon.
• Place 2-inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes.
• Remove immediately from pan and cool.

Steps:

• whisk together dry ingredients, except sugar in a bowl.
• In a large bowl, beat together sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla, until fluffy.
• Reduce speed and beat in flour mixture.
• Roll into two 12-inch logs.
• Wrap in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour.
• preheat oven to 350.
• Slice into 1/4-inch slices and bake on ungreased cookie sheets 10-12 minutes.
• Cool on sheets 3 minutes, then move to racks.