Cardamom Shortbread
Easy quick recipe for delicious, buttery shortbread
Ingredients
- 10 pods green cardamom
- 150 g Plain flour
- 70 g Caster sugar
Instructions
- Remove the skin from the cardamom pods ans discard the shells. Crush the seeds (A mortar and pestle is ideal for this).
- Cream buttery and sugar together, and beat until fully combined
- Stir in the flour and ground cardammom until patry like dough is formed. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes
- Roll out the dough to around 8mm think and cut unto shapes
- Put the cut out shapes onto a baking tray and place in the fridge for at least 20 minutes
- Once chilled, use a cocktail stick to make small holes at the top of the short bread and sprinke over some caster sugarand bake for 14-16 minutes at 180 degrees C fan oven
- Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown
- Place on cooling rack