Oh these sweet darlings. Cinnamon and Cardamom are one of the sexiest combos I can think of. So amazing and I smile with every bite. These are sweet, chewy, and an explosion of flavor! If you grind your own cardamom like I do, the flavor will be intense and that's just how I like it! The recipe is here, and pictures of the process are below:
Ingredients:
12 Tbsp. unsalted butter (170 g)
1 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar (346 g)
1/4 cup white sugar (50 g)
1 large egg at room temperature (50-55 g)
1 egg yolk at room temperature (15-18 g)
1 tsp. vanilla extract (4 g)
2 cups all purpose flour (284 g)
1 tsp. ground cinnamon (2.6 g)
1 tsp. ground cardamom (2.4 g)
1 tsp. baking powder (4.2 g)
1/2 tsp. baking soda (3.4 g)
1 tsp. table salt
Sugar coating (optional):
1/4 cup white sugar (50 g)
1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar (56 g)
Directions:
Melt the butter and let cool 5 minutes.
In a large bowl, add the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar.
Whisk vigorously to combine, 3-4 minutes. The mixture will get smoother.
Add in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla. Whisk well until smooth and lighter in color (see pictures below).
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, cinnamon, cardamom, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, and use a rubber spatula to fold the dry into the wet, just until no dry flour remains.
Cover and chill for 30 minutes, up to 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix the sugar coating together, if using.
Shape cookies into 1 1/4 inch (~3.5 cm) balls, roll in the sugar, and place onto parchment lined baking sheets. The dough balls should be about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 12-14 minutes. They will crack and look puffy and gooey, but don't worry!
Let cool completely on the baking tray. They will firm up as they cool and get nice and chewy!
Store in an airtight container up to 5 days at room temperature, or in the freezer up to 3 months.
Makes about 38-42 cookies.
The ingredients I used. I am fancy and grind my own cardamom, which makes a more intense flavor!
Add the dry ingredients together.
And combine and set aside.
Add the melted butter and sugars to a bowl.
As you start to whisk it the mixture will look like this. It's not ready yet!
Now it is whisked enough! See, it's lighter in color and smoother.
Then add the egg and egg yolk, and vanilla.
After mixing in the egg and vanilla.
Finally, add the dry ingredients.
And fold in. The dough is made, but now it needs to be covered and chill for 30 min-2 hours!
After chilling, you can roll the dough into balls.
And roll in a mixture of 50/50 white and brown sugar (if desired).
And place on a pan! This is before baking.
Right after baking. Puffy and cracked and smelling amaaazing.
Right after baking, a close up. You may see that it looks soft and underbaked, but don't worry! They'll cool on the pan and firm up. But you can always bake them longer if you are worried.
See?? It cools down into a normal delicious cookie!
The original recipe is from: https://kickassbaker.com/brown-sugar-cookies/