CARDAMOM COOKIES

Cardamom cookies are one such cookies which remind me my childhood. My Mom used to add a teaspoon of cardamom powder to the cookie dough and now the flavor of the baked cookies would sweep our home. As I grew up I came across many different cookies with different flavors, orange flavored, cinnamon flavored, lemon flavored etc, but cardamom cookies remain the best flavored-cookies. There are many different varieties in making these cookies, but I give my simple and easy recipe. Give it a try.
INGREDIENTS

• Maida(all purpose flour)            2 cups
• Powdered sugar                        1+1/2 cups
• Butter                                       1 cup
• Baking powder                          1/2 tsp
• Baking soda                               1/4 tsp
• Cardamom powder                    1/4 tsp
• Nuts  of your choice

PROCEDURE
Sieve the maida, baking powder, baking soda, cardamom powder.
Take the room temperature butter and add the powdered sugar to it.
Mix well to a fine paste. Add the flour mixture little by little to the sugar-butter mixture and form a dough.
If you feel the mixture is crumbly add little of oil or milk.
Now make a stiff dough and knead it for 10 minutes.
Refrigerate the dough for 20 minutes.
Remove the dough and knead for another 5 minutes and make small rounds.
Do not flatten them. The cookies flatten while baking.
There should not be a single crack on the cookies.
Use any nuts of your choice to decorate the cookies.
Heat oven to 325 degree Fahrenheit. Bake the cookies for 20 to 25 minutes.
The cookies should turn golden brown from the bottom and remain white on the top with a nice aroma.
Remove the cookies and cool them.
Just after removing from the oven the cookies are soft . They harden once cooled.