Walnut Cardamom Crescents
Subtle flavours of walnut and cardamom, with just a hint of citrus.
Servings: 40 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 3/4 cup icing sugar (plus extra for rolling)
- 3/4 tsp almond extract
- 1/4 tsp orange zest (optional)
- 1 1/2 cups + 6 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
- Pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (toasted)
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and icing sugar together until smooth.
- Stir in the almond extract and orange zest.
- In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cardamom and salt.
- Gradually add the flour mixture to your butter mixture, stirring until just combined.
- Stir in the chopped walnuts.
- Shape roughly tablespoon sized scoops of dough into crescent shapes.
- Bake on a parchment lined tray for 10-12 minutes, until the bottom edges are slightly golden brown.
- While the cookies are still warm from the oven, roll them in a bowl of icing sugar to coat them.
- Transfer the sugar coated cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.