Orange Cardamom Butter Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Make dough:
• Whisk together flour, zest, cardamom, and salt.
• Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy, then beat in yolk and cream. At low speed, mix in flour mixture in 3 batches just until a dough forms. Quarter dough and form each piece into a 6-inch disk, then chill, wrapped separately in plastic wrap, until firm, 2 to 3 hours.
• Cut and bake cookies:
• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.
• Roll out 1 piece of dough between sheets of parchment paper into an 11-inch round (1/8 inch thick). Slide dough in parchment onto a tray and chill until firm, about 15 minutes.
• Cut out as many cookies as possible with cookie cutter (chill dough again if necessary), reserving and chilling scraps. Transfer cookies to a parchment-lined large baking sheet, arranging them 1 inch apart.
• Bake until edges are golden-brown, 9 to 12 minutes. Cool on baking sheet 5 minutes, then slide cookies, still on parchment, onto a rack to cool completely.
• Make more cookies with remaining dough and scraps (reroll only once) on cooled freshly lined baking sheets.
• If icing cookies and coloring icing, transfer small batches to small bowls, 1 for each color, and tint with food coloring. Spoon each color of icing into separate sealable bags, pressing out excess air, and snip an 1/8-inch opening in 1 bottom corner of each bag. Pipe icing onto a plate to test consistency. If too thick, thin a small batch with a few drops of orange juice.
• Decoratively pipe icing onto cookies, then sprinkle with decorative sugar (if using) and let dry completely, about 1 hour (depending on humidity).

Steps:

• Combine sugar and shortening in large bowl.
• Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.
• Add egg, syrup, orange peel, vanilla and orange extract.
• Beat until well blended and fluffy.
• Combine flour, cardamom, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
• Add gradually to creamed mixture at low speed.
• Mix until well blended.
• Divide dough in half.
• Roll each half into a 12-inch long log.
• Wrap and chill 4 hours or until firm.
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Grease baking sheets with shortening.
• Place sheets of foil on counter for cooling cookies.
• Cut rolls into 1/4-inch slices.
• Place 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake at 375° for 7 to 9 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned.
• Do not overbake.
• Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet.
• Remove cookies to foil to cool completely.
• Makes about 5 dozen cookies.

Steps:

• Melt or cream together butter, sugar, yolk, and cardamon.
• Stir in cream.
• Add orange zest. Then flour.
• 350-degrees F oven.
• Roll dough into a log about 1 - 1 1/4" in diameter.
• slice 1/4" to 1/2" thick.
• (sugar coated log on cutting board).
• 10-20 min? watch until done browned bottom just done on top.