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
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups whole wheat flour / atta¾ cup sugar powder coarsely if using regular white sugar¼ teaspoon salt½ cup sliced almonds¾ teaspoon green cardamom seed coarsely powdered¾ cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature2-3 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.
- 2. 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.
- 5. Press each ball between your palms lightly; every piece should be about ½” 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 ½” 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.
Vimitha Anand
That looks simple, lovely and crunchy
Nags
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.
Mallugirl
ur cookies look awesome.. tell me what kind of whole wheat flour did u use?
Sarah at Recipe Lion
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#
jeyashrisuresh
deicious cookies with nice and bright click.Wish i could taste one.
Priti
Looks delicious n yum...nice pics ..hope you are enjoying ur trip
Prathibha
They came out awesome..looks yumm
Divya Kudua
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!!
Dr.Sameena Prathap
wow...scrumptious cookies...yumm yumm...:)Lovely clicks too...:)
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Premalatha Aravindhan
Delicious and perfect favorable cookies...Wheat flour cookies,healthy too.