Eggless almond cardamom cookie recipe – a quick and easy cookie recipe that’s so easy to bake and tastes a bit like nankhatai.
The flavour of the cardamom complements brilliantly with the buttery cookies and the almond flakes generously thrown in.
Before I baked these gorgeous banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, these almond cookies were my favourite to bake for friends while visiting them or as a hostess gift.
These cookies are crunchy and relatively sweet so you can definitely decrease the amount of sugar by a bit. I have also tried this cookie recipe with half plain flour and half almond flour. Reduce butter a bit and the cookies are really delicious – a bit more chewy in texture than the original eggless almond cardamom cookie recipe below.
The cookies keep well in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days. They also pack and travel well if you need to pack them in lunch boxes or for a picnic.
The cardamom lends an amazing flavour and the family I baked this for loved it!
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Eggless Almond Cardamom Cookie
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 18
- Total Time: 38 minutes
- Yield: 30 cookies 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Indian
Description
A buttery and flaky almond cardamom cookie recipe with no eggs. Perfect with tea or coffee or as a snack for your kids.
Ingredients
1.5 cups whole wheat flour / atta
3/4 cup sugar (powder coarsely if using regular white sugar)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sliced almonds
3/4 tsp green cardamom seed coarsely powdered
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
2–3 tablespoons of milk (only if you need it)
Instructions
1. Pre-heat oven to 360F / 180C. Click here to see how to preheat an oven.
3. Next add soft butter (and milk if needed) to the flour mixture to make dough. Dough should be very soft.
4. Divide the dough into about 32 equal parts and make them into balls.
5. Press each ball between your palms lightly; every piece should be about 1/2” in thickness.
6. Place the dough balls on an non-greased cookie sheet or parchment paper about an inch apart.
7. Bake the cookies for about 18 minutes or until cookies are lightly gold brown. After they become lightly golden brown remove the cookie sheet from the oven.
8. Let the cookies cool down for two to three minutes before taking them off the cookie sheet.
9. Store in airtight containers for up to a week.
Notes
- Make sure that the butter is completely soft and at room temperature, otherwise you will get crumbly dough when you mix and end up adding more milk than necessary, which will make the baked cookies more crackly and hard.
- I made 1.5 times the original recipe and got 30 medium-sized cookies
- You can lessen the amount of sugar a bit if you’d like, they will still turn out sweet enough I feel. That will make them perfect with coffee/tea.
- The flavour of the cardamom is amazing so don’t hold back on them.
Step by Step Almond Cardamom Cookie Recipe
1. Pre-heat oven to 360F / 180C
In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, salt, sliced almonds and cardamom powder well
3. Next, add soft butter (and milk if needed) to the flour mixture to make dough. Dough should be very soft.
4. Divide the dough into about 32 equal parts and make them into balls. Press each ball between your palms lightly; every piece should be about 1/2” in thickness.
Place the dough balls on an non-greased cookie sheet or parchment paper about an inch apart.
5. Bake the cookies for about 18 minutes or until cookies are lightly gold brown. After they become lightly golden brown remove the cookie sheet from the oven.
Let the cookies cool down for two to three minutes before taking them off the cookie sheet.
Have been looking for a whole wheat cookie (basically a healthy option) for quite sometime. Made this yesterday night. Came out really well. Was enjoyed by the whole family. It sure is going to be a part of my regular baking.
Substituting half the butter with milk also works well. I used chapati flour. Only the cookies didn't spread out as much.
Thank you for the recipe, Nags. The people I made these for were very happy.
Thanks for the tip 🙂 I will try them that way the next time since most people i bake these almond cookies for complain of too much butter (after eating 4 in one go!)
I just made these cookies, they are so quick to make!!! i loved them and am going to make them often…
i also made a batch of cookies by replacing cardamom powder by vanilla powder, though they too were good, the ones with cardamom are far better 🙂
Thanks for sharing…
wow such easy and delightful recipe. it will be perfect for my veg-friends on xmas party. thanks for sharing 🙂
hi
i hope the cookies won't burn on ungreased butter paper
and i use an otg(the one with rods) so is the 180 degree temp ok or should i reduce it to 150
regards
surbhi
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i am not sure how to make cookies in an otg surbhi. you'll have to try and see, i'm afraid
where did you buy the cardamom? 🙂
i am from kerala, the land of cardamom 🙂 i buy back packets of it when i go home on vacation. depending on where you live, there are different ways to acquire them. try online.
I love your recipe very much because it is much simpler I have ever seen or heard and I will certainly give a try to it. Thanks for the simplicity.
so glad you liked it!! these eggless cookies ARE delicious, i have made multiple batches after this first time 🙂
Hi Nags
Tried this, and they came out really well..My 2-year old kid also enjoyed them a lot 🙂
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hi,
do let me know how to make cake using cooker since i dont have a convection microwave oven.My microwave make is IFB 17PM MEC.
thanks in advance 🙂
Hey Nags, There is an award for u in my blog come and grab it.
Nags, they have come out so well dear, golden rich in color. I am looking forward to meeting you 🙂
hey nags,
before i read any comments i thot u were er….ahem…preggy!!!! and then i realised you are travelling!!! Lovey cookies and i love the macro shot with the cookies on the lovely parchment paper! Have a great time with Anu at LA…you guys would be a riot with each other!!!
Shobha
And to try and answer your riddle, you and I are kindred souls in that respect 🙂
Tres Excellente! Love the addition of cardamom in them – That's my "homeland" spice and I use it for many of my fusion recipes 🙂
Wah…cookies with cardamom, whole wheat….yum….they look crunchy and love that color…
ohh… both sisters are cooking the same even they are across the miles.. 🙂 looks really crisp
That looks simple, lovely and crunchy
I don't remember the brand name now (will email you as soon as I am back home, currently traveling on work!) but it was ridiculously expensive and made in France 😀 Its tough to get whole wheat flour for baking in Singapore but I managed to find it in a specialty store. Some others who baked with me in the Sweet Punch group used chapati atta and their cookies turned out good too.
ur cookies look awesome.. tell me what kind of whole wheat flour did u use?
Thanks for this great recipe on Eggless Almond Cardomom Cookies! Check out RecipeLion for five recipes for eggless chocolate chip cookies:
http://www.recipelion.com/Cookies/5-Easy-Eggless-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-Recipes-and-Cooking-Tips#
deicious cookies with nice and bright click.Wish i could taste one.
Looks delicious n yum…nice pics ..hope you are enjoying ur trip
They came out awesome..looks yumm
So you are jetlagged,as every one else seems to have guessed.Lovely cookies,one with the crushed cardamom peeking through:)).Thanks for baking with us!!
wow…scrumptious cookies…yumm yumm…:)Lovely clicks too…:)
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Delicious and perfect favorable cookies…Wheat flour cookies,healthy too.
Lovely & delicious cookies …
you need a spa massage .. or an evening of lots of wine and lots of gossip / going around and seeing places to get you tired .. or lots of shopping and some awsm dinner to make you enough tired to get back in track ! That's what i did when I had jetlag 🙂 These cookies looks very very tasty!
Cookies look devine and so tempting.
Your cookies look so cute and scrumptious.
Cute and crunchy cookies…
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Oh and the answer to your riddle is that 'you are probably Jetlagged' 😀
Nags,e-mail me your no. 🙂 We can talk 🙂
Btw, your cookies and mine looks like 'oramma petta pole' 😉 Thanks for baking with us!
Hmm so you are jetlagged 🙂 Loved making these cookies too!
You should have made a lot of these and packed em up for your flight! These taste so much better than any meal on the flights! looks perfectly butterliciousy soft!I know its not a word. But that's how great they look!
Looks crispy n yumm