This recipe for Cardamom Almond Cookies was originally published in January 2013, and 3 years later I’ve given it a refresh – updated the text, improved the recipe after making many more batches and taken new photos. Enjoy!
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I love cardamom… it smells like a warm, spicy hug and I drink several cups of cardamom tea a day to get my fix of its wonderful scent and taste. After this post by my fellow blogger David from Cocoa and Lavender (check out his site – great stories accompanied by amazing photos!), I was inspired to experiment with this spice in cookies (used a very similar base as the Shirini Keshmeshi (Persian Raisin Cookies). These cardamom almond cookies are studded with crunchy toasted almond slices, and has the perfect cardamom-y finish without being overwhelming. The extra bonus is that as they’re baking, the cardamom smells amazing.
Cardamom Almond Cookies
These cookies are puffy and pillow-y and the almonds give them a crunchy texture all together with the wonderful fragrant cardamom – these are the perfect snack to munch on with tea or coffee! Fun fact: did you know that cardamom is the 3rd most expensive spice in the world? After saffron and vanilla… read more here. Bake up a batch the next time you have friends over for brunch and enjoy these wonderful cardamom almond cookies!
Cardamom Almond Cookies
- Serves: 20
- Serving size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 106
- Fat: 5
- Saturated fat: 3
- Carbohydrates: 14
- Sugar: 9
- Sodium: 47
- Protein: 1
- 4 oz / 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ⅞ cup sugar
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup almond slivers
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon rosewater(optional - adds extra depth of flavor. Rosewater is called golab in Farsi)
- Pinch of salt
- Optional - toast your almond slivers in a non-stick pan on medium-low heat about 5-7 minutes until golden brown. Set aside to cool.
- Mix the butter, vanilla, cardamom, salt and sugar until combined. Add the rosewater here if you're using it.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, and mix until smooth.
- Fold in the flour a bit at a time until it's all combined - take your time.
- Fold in most of the almond slivers, but save some for garnishing.
- Chill dough in fridge for about 15-30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 325 F degrees.
- Scoop the dough in small scoops (teaspoon to teaspoon and a half) and roll between your hands into balls. Leave a generous amount of room between scoops as these spread out quite a bit.
- Take a pinch of the remaining almond slivers and push it into each dough scoop.
- Bake 14-18 minutes, until the edges are golden brown.
- Serve and enjoy!
Did you mean serve and enjoy all 60-70 cookies?!!!!! I wanna a Shirini or two please. Of the cardamom-y kind please!!!!
PJJ
Yes – one can never have too many cookies!
love cardamom, these would surely be a hit in my household!
Let me know if you try them out – if you love cardamom you will probably like these cookies! 🙂
I did not know about it being the third most expensive spice! These cookies look tasty, I need to try some cardamom soon.
Me either until I was reading about it on wikipedia! I’m not sure your husband will like these but hopefully you will. 🙂
These cookies must be fantastic! I love cardamom.
Thanks! Hope you get to try them out!
Yay, I too love the aroma of cardamom. It’s also quite prevalent in South Asian cooking. And well, you already know I’m a fan of cookies so I’m looking forward to trying these 🙂
Yes – a lot of Indian/Pakistani desserts have cardamom just like Persian sweets… love it! Do let me know how they turn out if you try them 🙂
Wow. So many cookies. I love it. And I did not know that fun fact. Cool 🙂
The more you know… 🙂
Very tempting and irresistible..
Thanks!
Ahu – thanks for the ‘shout out’ in your post! And thanks for this recipe! I need to bring a dessert to a party this Sunday and I think I will make these, as they will be perfect for sitting around the television watching Downton Abbey. Cardamom really needs to be used more often. In addition to cardamom tea, we have a masala drink that has saffron and cardamom and you make it with hot milk. Quite yummy! Happy New Year! ~ David
Of course! I need to watch Downton Abbey because apparently I’m the only person in the world who hasn’t started… 🙂 Let me know how the cookies turn out if you do try the recipe!
The cookies were wonderful! They were the perfect ending for our dinners in front of Downton! And, yes, you should watch – I love the show!
Awesome! So happy to hear! And Downton is on my list 🙂
Cardamom is my favorite spice! Luckily I stock up when I go to India. 🙂 I love cardamom and almond together too – these cookies look fantastic!
I love it too! It’s definitely under appreciated in western cooking 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
I´m absolutely in love with cardamom! These are little wonderful cookies!
Thank you! So happy to see there are so many fellow fans of cardamom out there! 🙂
Your blog is great. You would probably get a few more views if you posted your stuff on http://www.flauntmyfood.com I go there every day check lots of different food bloggers stuff.
Thank you Jessica, will take a look!
I share in your love of cardamom. Love these cookies – I can see myself dunking one of these in my morning tea! Happy New Year Ahu!
I pretty much do the same exact thing! Thanks Anna! 🙂
I’ve been using a lot of cardamom lately, and I love getting to smell it when I pull out the box of spices. I didn’t know it was the third most expensive spice! I’d love a couple of these cookies with some tea.
Thanks Lisa – it is truly fragrant!
Cardamom is such a great spice. I had no idea it was the 3rd most expensive in the world. Cookies look and sound awesome.
Thanks Sara!
These sounds delicious! Miss you around my blog 🙂
thanks Maeghan, I am back… was on a mini hiatus 🙂
Hello Ahu! How are you? I’ve just found your blog and loved it! Especially because I love cookies and Cardamom tea as well! I was so glad to have found this recipe!
I often try to include tea leaves in my cookings and I’ve manage to make some tasty treats!
I have been drinking Cardamon tea lately and I get the fascination! The fragrance and taste are so peculiar and I am amazed with its health benefits! It has helped me cope with my digestive problems, so I am quite happy to have found this tea and your blog too! I will stop by once in a while!
http://www.therighttea.com/tea-recipes.html
Ahu, these cookies sound wonderful! I love Cardamom!
Hi there!
Question to your recipe for the sugar is it 7 to 8 cups of sugar?