Cardamom Balls
Recipe: #13326
July 25, 2014
"We make these all the time and they freeze great. Recipe source: The Finnish Cookbook The dough needs to be chilled to work easily into balls (not included in prep time)"
Original is 48 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (13 g)
- Calories 50
- Total Fat - 2.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.4 g
- Cholesterol - 14.6 mg
- Sodium - 47.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 6.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.2 g
- Sugars - 2.1 g
- Protein - 0.9 g
- Calcium - 17.7 mg
- Iron - 0.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Cream butter and sugar until light and then add the egg, beating it until dough is thick.
Step 2
Stir in cream.
Step 3
In a separate bowl sift dry ingredients together (flour - salt) and stir into butter mixture with the cardamom. Stir until a stiff dough form. Chill dough for at least one hour.
Step 4
Shape dough into small balls ( 1 inch in diameter) and arrange on baking sheets.
Step 5
Bake in a 375 degree oven for 10-15 minutes or until golden.
Step 6
If you want you can brush balls with a beaten egg.
Tips
No special items needed.