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German Christmas Cardamom Cookies (Kardamon Plaetzchen)

German Christmas Cardamom Cookies (Kardamon Plaetzchen)

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Ingredients

Adjust Servings:
½ cup/ 85g Sugar
3/4 cup/ 175g Butter
1 tbsp Vanilla sugar or 1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp Rum or water or brandy
2 cups All-purpose flour
¾ tsp Ground cardamom
¾ tsp Baking powder either German or American double acting
1 pinch Salt
4 ounces/ 100g Chocolate coating (or couverture)

Nutritional information

77
Calories
6g
Fat
10mg
Cholesterol
59mg
Sodium
6g
Carbohydrate
1g
Protein

German Christmas Cardamom Cookies (Kardamon Plaetzchen)

These German Christmas Cardamom Cookies (Kardamon Plaetzchen) recipe creates a delicate biscuit with a warm and comforting flavor, especially made and eaten during the winter months. Cardamom has a wonderful floral smell and incidentally is a very good medical plant used to treat the stomach.

These particular biscuits are sweet and salty and with half the biscuit dipped in chocolate, it is quite unique and very delicious.

To make German Christmas Cardamom Cookies (Kardamon Plaetzchen), you will need the following ingredients:

Ingredients for German Christmas Cardamom Cookies (Kardamon Plaetzchen)

Steps to make German Christmas Cardamom Cookies (Kardamon Plaetzchen)

  1. 1

    Combine butter and sugars

    10min

    In a mixing bowl, beat together the butter and white sugar and vanilla sugar until light and fluffy.

  2. 2

    Add rum and vanilla extract

    1min

    Add rum and vanilla extract and mix to combine.

  3. 3

    Combine dry ingredients

    2min

    In a separate bowl, sift and combine flour, cardamom, baking powder and salt.

  4. 4

    Add to wet ingredients

    5min

    Mix the dry ingredients into the bowl of wet ingredients until a stiff dough forms.

  5. 5

    Refrigerate

    2h

    Separate dough into 2 or 3 rolls about 1-inch in diameter, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours or more, to chill.

  6. 6

    Preheat oven

    10min

    Preheat oven to 390 ºF.

  7. 7

    Cut cookies

    10min

    Once chilled, remove from refrigerator and place dough rolls on a cutting board. Cut the dough at ¼-inch thick and place cookies on a cookie sheet. Flatten slightly by creating a crosshatch pattern on the cookies.

  8. 8

    Bake

    15min

    Bake for 12-15 minutes until slightly brown. Remove and cool on a wire rack.

  9. 9

    Melt chocolate

    3min

    Melt chocolate couverture according to the package instructions.

  10. 10

    Dip cookies

    5min

    Dip cookies, halfway into the melted chocolate and transfer to wax paper to harden.

  11. 11

    Serve

    Once chocolate has set, serve and enjoy!

Add these incredible German Christmas Cardamom Cookies (Kardamon Plaetzchen) to your menu for Christmas this year. Try something new and different with a hint of tradition! Do you love them? Tag #cookmerecipes and let us know!

About the author

Ruth is an experienced businesswoman and happy mom who just hit 40. She’s a huge gym fan and has a PhD in Keto. Just kidding! But really, Ruth knows how to do Keto the healthy way and has a lot of experience in dealing with all the issues that newbies to this trendy new diet face during the adjustment period, like overcoming Keto flu. Ruth loves life and takes her health and food seriously, so she’s your go-to person if you decided to follow the Keto diet.

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Athina

I love it! Thanks for sharing recipe!

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