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 ;)

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Pistachio Cardamom Shortbread Cookies

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• Author: Bake to the roots
• Prep Time: 30
• Cook Time: 14
• Total Time: 120
• Yield: 32 1x

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Description

Delicious little shortbread cookies with pistachios and a good amount of cardamom.

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Ingredients

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• 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

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Instructions

1. 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.
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.

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Notes

• Enjoy baking!