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Pale golden eggless cardamom shortbread rounds on a scalloped plate with whole cardamom pods
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Cardamom Shortbread

Recipe at a glance

Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
15 mins
Total time
40 mins
Servings
About 18 cookies

A three-ingredient shortbread lifted with warm elchi (cardamom). Melt-in-the-mouth soft, sweet enough for tea and simple enough for the smallest hands.

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Ingredients

6 items

Step-by-step method

Family-friendly

Two lists so everyone knows their job — grown-ups handle heat and blades, little hands do the fun bits.

🧒 Little Baker Jobs

  • 🥣 Measure the flour and icing sugar.
  • 🥄 Stir the dough together.
  • 🟡 Roll the dough into balls.
  • ✨ Sprinkle sugar on top.

👩 Grown-Up Jobs

  • 🔥 Preheat the oven to 160°C.
  • 🌿 Grind the cardamom pods if using whole.
  • ♨️ Bake the trays and cool them safely.
Full detailed method
  1. 1Cream butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy.
  2. 2Stir in flour, cardamom and salt to a soft dough.
  3. 3Roll into balls and flatten gently with the back of a spoon.
  4. 4Sprinkle with caster sugar and bake at 160°C for 13–15 mins until pale gold.
  5. 5Cool fully on the tray so they crisp up.

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