Lurka Logs (Indian Cardamom Cookies, 1964)
Recipe: #18574
April 22, 2015
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Dropped, Indian, Budget-Friendly, Kid Pleaser, Quick Meals, Christmas, Entertaining, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Make it from scratch, Flour, Spices, Sugar, Kosher Dairy more
"Lurka means "boy." Log means "people." So these are "boy people" cookies, although I'm sure girl people will enjoy them, too! Adapted from The Spice Cookbook, which credits the recipe to the wife of one of India's delegates to the U.N."
Original recipe yields 48 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (19.4 g)
- Calories 82.9
- Total Fat - 4.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.5 g
- Cholesterol - 18.8 mg
- Sodium - 72.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 10.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.2 g
- Sugars - 6.3 g
- Protein - 0.9 g
- Calcium - 14.1 mg
- Iron - 0.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Step 2
Sift flour and baking powder together and set aside.
Step 3
Combine cardamom, salt and butter.
Step 4
Gradually blend in sugar.
Step 5
Beat in eggs.
Step 6
Gradually stir in flour mixture.
Step 7
Drop by rounded teaspoons 2" apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
Step 8
Flatten tops by pressing with the bottom of a glass covered with a damp cloth.
Step 9
Sprinkle tops with sugar and coconut.
Step 10
Bake until edges are lightly browned, about 8-10 minutes.
Step 11
Cool on sheets 1 minute, then remove to a rack.
Step 12
Store in an airtight container.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
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