Receta Orange Cardamom Holiday Cookies for Kids Cancer
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Orange Cardamom Holiday Cookies for Kids Cancer
This time of the year there's usually a whole lot of baking going on. Lots of holiday parties, family celebrations, open houses, pot lucks, and what have you. This is also the time of year when the Good Cookies at OXO invite everyone to be Good Cookies For Kid's Cancer. This year OXO is donating up to $100,000.00 to support new and improved therapies for pediatric cancer treatment, and they're inviting you to get involved here's how you can help. In the spirit of good cookie baking, they sent me this Good Cookie Spatula and invited me to share a favorite cookie recipe.
The recipe I'm sharing is for a cookie with holiday flavors of orange and cardamom. I've also got a gluten free and vegan version here, the only difference in the recipe is the topping added at the end.
Orange Cardamom Cookies
Here's What You Need:
- 1/2 cup of unsalted butter (or vegetable shortening for vegan version)
- 10 Tbs of powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup of almond flour
- 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbs of all purpose flour (substitute this with 1/2 cup of chickpea flour and 2 Tbs of sorghum flour for Gluten Free version)
- 1/4 tsp of cardamom powder
- 1/8 tsp of salt
- the grated zest from 2 oranges
- 1/2 cup of finely chopped pistachios
- 4 Tbs of superfine sugar
- parchment paper
Here's What To Do:
Sift together the different flours, salt, cardamom powder and the zest from 1 orange. Set aside.
Gently cream together the softened butter or shortening and sugar.
When it's all blended together add in the dry ingredients a bit at a time.
Mix everything together. This dough can get a bit sticky and loose, but work with it a bit, roll it into a ball, wrap it in some plastic wrap and pop it in the fridge to rest for about 20 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Place the chopped up orange zest in a bowl with 4 Tbs of superfine sugar.
Mash the zest and sugar together. You can use a mortar and pestle. I used my fingers as it was faster.
Take the cookie dough out of the fridge.
Knead it briefly, about 3 or 4 turns.
Roll it into a ball again and break off a small piece of dough.
Roll the piece into a ball.
Place it on the parchment paper
Press down on the ball of dough with a finger or thumb.
Sprinkle a bit of the orange zest and sugar mixture, and a pinch of the ground pistachios on top of each cookie.
Bake the cookies for about 25 minutes. They should be light on the top and slightly brown on the bottom.
Place them on a baking rack.
They're soft when they come out of the oven but firm up while they cool.
When they cool, serve them up. They're great with hot chai.
I've baked these cookies both gluten free and vegan and they work either way. They're a great thing to include on a holiday party table for your gluten free/vegan friends. So thanks to the good folks at OXO for letting me add to their cookie recipe collection and help support their good work. Coming up next, more holiday feasting. Follow along on Twitter @kathygori