It’s Friday and you know what this means. It’s time for Cookies! Yay! Today’s easy peasy recipe is for delicious Pistachio Cardamom Shortbread Cookies. Sounds good, right? Well… not only good, it’s awesome! Just kidding! But I really like them a lot ;)
Shortbread (cookies) have their origin in the British cuisine. A long time ago some Scottish guy made them and named them… show the hell knows why. Short bread? Why not crunchy bread? Or cookie? Well… I am not here to judge, but to enjoy those cookies with a cup of tea or some coffee ;)
Shortbread is quite easy to make. The basic recipe is made with 1 part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour. That is basically the only recipe I can remember even while sleeping. Juuust kidding. I also know how to make a banana shake without looking at a recipe :P
Well… with that basic recipe you can do whatever you want. Reduce the fat a bit and replace it with milk, cream or maybe sour cream. Add some lemon zest, herbs, spices, nuts… there are many things you can do here. Go crazy! I only added some chopped pistachios and cardamom… which btw. is a really nice flavor combination!. I think the cookies turned out very good. I think you should try too ;)
INGREDIENTS / ZUTATEN
1/2 cup (120g) butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tbsp. milk
2 cups (260g) all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground cardamom
1/2 cup (60g) pistachios, chopped finely
120g weiche Butter
100g brauner Zucker
1 TL Vanille Extrakt
2 EL Milch
260g Mehl (Type 405)
1/2 TL Salz
1/4 TL Kardamom
60g Pistazien, fein gehackt
DIRECTIONS / ZUBEREITUNG
2. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Roll out the dough on a floured surface (not too thin) and cut out cookies with a diameter of about 2 inches (5cm). Press the cookies into the remaining chopped pistachios, so some of them stick to the cookies and place on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment. Bake for 12-14 minutes until lightly browned. Take out of the oven and let cool down on a wire rack. Repeat with the remaining dough.
2. Den Ofen auf 175°C (350°F) vorheizen. Den Teig auf einer bemehlten Fläche (nicht zu dünn) ausrollen und Kreise mit einem Durchmesser von etwa 5 cm (2 inches) ausstechen. Die Teigkreise in die verbliebenen gehackten Pistazien drücken und dann auf ein Backblech mit Backpapier legen und für 12-14 Minuten backen – die Cookies sollten etwas Farbe bekommen haben. Aus dem Ofen nehmen und auf einem Kuchengitter komplett auskühlen lassen. Mit dem restlichen Teig ebenso verfahren.
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Pistachio Cardamom Shortbread Cookies
- Prep Time: 30
- Cook Time: 14
- Total Time: 120
- Yield: 32 1x
Description
Delicious little shortbread cookies with pistachios and a good amount of cardamom.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (120g) butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp. milk
- 2 cups (260g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. ground cardamom
- 1/2 cup (60g) pistachios, chopped finely
Instructions
- Add the butter and sugar to a large bowl and mix on high speed until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and milk and mix in. Mix the flour with salt, cardamom, and half of the chopped pistachios and add to the bowl. Mix until the dough comes together, form into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Roll out the dough on a floured surface (not too thin) and cut out cookies with a diameter of about 2 inches (5cm). Press the cookies into the remaining chopped pistachios, so some of them stick to the cookies and place on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment. Bake for 12-14 minutes until lightly browned. Take out of the oven and let cool down on a wire rack. Repeat with the remaining dough.
Notes
- Enjoy baking!
Obwohl es “einfache” Kekse sind (und ohne Ei -Danke schön ) werden sie durch die Gewürze zu etwas besonderem. Vielen Dank für diese Inspiration!
Einfach kann sooo lecker sein und die igitt Wetter Vorhersage für das Wochenende ist perfekt für eine Runde Kekse backen,
Lg, Renate
Die einfachen Kekse sind meist die Besten ;)
Viel Spass, solltest Du sie mal nachbacken!
LG, Marc