Swedish Christmas Cookies With Walnuts And Cardamon
What a delight! A hit of fresh cardamon alongside the rich flavor of walnut and vanilla. Perfectly balanced and finished off with a slap of powdery icing sugar.
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Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 153kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 tsp ground cardamom
- ¾ cup confectioner’s sugar/icing sugar
- 1 cup cold butter cut into cubes
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup confectioner’s sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F
- Grind the walnuts, cardamon, and sugar into a fine flour in a food processor.1 cup walnuts, 1 tsp ground cardamom, ¾ cup confectioner’s sugar/icing sugar
- Into the food processor, add the cold, cubed butter and vanilla, and pulse until the butter is totally incorporated.1 cup cold butter, 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Add in the flour and salt and process until everything comes together in a dough. Don’t overmix it.2 cups all-purpose flour, ½ tsp salt
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Bring everything together with your hands – you might want to coat your hands with flour.
- Divide the dough into 3 sections. Roll each section out into a log shape, wrap it with plastic and refrigerate for 1 ½ hours.
- Take one of the logs out of the fridge and cut it into 1 inch / 2.5cm pieces and form the crescent shapes.
- Bake them on a greased baking tray or a baking mat for 11-12 minutes until slightly browned around the edges.
- Cool the cookies on their baking tray.
- Dust the cookies with the extra confectioner’s sugar once they have cooled.½ cup confectioner’s sugar
- These cookies with keep in an airtight container for 5-7 days out of the refrigerator.
Nutrition
Calories: 153kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 110mg | Potassium: 36mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 237IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg