Friday, December 16, 2011

3rd recipe

On the third day of Christmas my gift to you from me is my third favorite recipe...

Almond Cardamom Stars

6 c flour
3c  powdered sugar
1 1/2 t ground cardamom
1 1/2 t baking soda
3/4 t salt
3/4 c almond paste (NOT marzipan), crumbled (1-8 oz can)
3 T butter, cold
1 c fresh orange juice
9 T vegetable oil

Icing
4 c powdered sugar
6 T orange juice

Mix flour, sugar, soda, cardamom and salt until blended.  Add almond paste and butter.  Slowly add juice and oil.  Divide dough into three sections.  Wrap and chill for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

One section at a time, roll out between two pieces of parchment paper.  Cut with a star-shaped cookie cutter and cook for 8 minutes.   

To make icing, mix powdered sugar and orange juice.  Spoon over warm cookies.

*You can also just chill the dough in logs, then slice them and bake circles instead of rolling out the dough etc.

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